Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gold Chain Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 32
Youngest recorded age at locality: 32

mindat Locality ID: 29877
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29877.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Chain Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°55'44"N
Longitude: 112°6'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.928888888889,-112.11388888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Arthurite	Baryte	Bismutite
Brochantite	Calcite	Carminite	Chenevixite	Copper	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Dugganite	Enargite
Linarite	Malachite	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel
Tyrolite	Volborthite	Wurtzite	Zemannite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Arthurite Baryte Bismutite
Brochantite Calcite Carminite Chenevixite Copper Corundum Cyanotrichite Diaspore Dugganite Enargite
Linarite Malachite Mixite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel
Tyrolite Volborthite Wurtzite Zemannite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Adamite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arthurite ()*	Austinite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carminite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoclase ()*
Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*
Duftite ()*	Dugganite ()*	Emmonsite ()*	Enargite ()*	Eurekadumpite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Juabite ()*	Juanitaite ()*	Kettnerite ()*	Lavendulan ()*
Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mcalpineite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Mixite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Parnauite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Preisingerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richelsdorfite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sonoraite ()*
Strashimirite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tyrolite ()*	Utahite ()*	Volborthite ()*
Zemannite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	32	32	254
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	32	32	194
Arthurite ()*	Arthurite	CuFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	32	32	35
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	32	32	71
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	32	32	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	32	32	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	32	32	413
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	32	32	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	32	32	27770
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	32	32	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	32	32	4979
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	32	32	90
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	32	32	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	32	32	3531
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	32	32	127
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	32	32	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	32	32	3846
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	32	32	175
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	32	32	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	32	32	179
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	32	32	220
Dugganite ()*	Dugganite	Pb₃Zn₃(TeO₆)(AsO₄)₂	32	32	18
Emmonsite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·2H₂O	32	32	34
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	32	32	910
Eurekadumpite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Cu,Zn)₁₆(Te⁴⁺O₃)₂(AsO₄)₃Cl(OH)₁₈·7H₂O	32	32	5
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	32	32	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	32	32	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	32	32	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	32	32	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	32	32	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	32	32	2228
Juabite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaCu₁₀(Te⁴⁺O₃)₄(AsO₄)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	32	32	6
Juanitaite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Cu,Ca,Fe)₁₀Bi(AsO₄)₄(OH)₁₁·2H₂O	32	32	4
Kettnerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBiO(CO₃)F	32	32	46
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	32	32	149
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	32	32	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	32	32	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	32	32	12537
Mcalpineite ()*	None	Cu₃Te⁶⁺O₆	32	32	12
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	32	32	1107
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	32	32	168
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	32	32	492
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	32	32	105
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	32	32	428
Preisingerite ()*	None	Bi₃O(AsO₄)₂(OH)	32	32	53
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	32	32	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	32	32	61156
Richelsdorfite ()*	None	Ca₂Cu₅Sb⁵⁺(AsO₄)₄(OH)₆Cl·6H₂O	32	32	57
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	32	32	1153
Sonoraite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)(OH)·H₂O	32	32	11
Strashimirite ()*	None	Cu₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·2.5H₂O	32	32	90
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	32	32	1101
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	32	32	245
Utahite ()*	None	MgCu²⁺₄Zn₂Te⁶⁺₃O₁₄(OH)₄·6H₂O	32	32	4
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	32	32	155
Zemannite ()*	Zemannite	Mg_0.5ZnFe³⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·nH₂O (3≤n≤4.5)	32	32	7

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00496	32	32	32							Yes				4192	Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA	Tintic–East Tintic	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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