Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Silver City, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 39300
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39300.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver City, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA": 62
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 61

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Beatrice D. Mine
Brooklyn Mine
Buckeye Prospect (Panacea Claim Group; Buckeye And Bull Domingo)
Cleveland Prospect
Dragon Mine (Dragon Consolidated Mine; Dragon Iron Mine; International S. & R. Company; Filtrol Halloysite Mine)
Four Aces Mine (Swansea Group)
Home Investment And Saving Company Group
Iron Blossom Mine (Iron Blossom Consolidated Mining Company)
Iron Duke Mine (Monterey-Iron Duke Mine)
Kennecott Drill Holes Occurrence (Southwest Tintic Project)
Kennecott Drill Sites (South Standard Group)
King James Mine
Kingsley Mine (Swansea Extension Group)
Martha Washington Group (Martha Washington Prospect; King James; Brooklyn Group)
Mintintic Drill Holes 1 And 3 Occurrence
Mintintic Drill Holes 2 And 2a Occurrence
Nevada Tunnel Shaft Occurrence
Picnic Mine (Swansea Group; Park Adit)
Primrose Prospect
Rabbits Foot Prospect
Silver Bow Mine
Silver City Mine (Silver City Cemetary Prospects)
Silver City South Prospects
Silverine Group
Southern Swansea Group (Shamrock Group)
Sunbeam Mine (Elmer Ray; United Sunbeam)
Tintic Junction Gravel Pit 4
Treasure Hill
West Swansea Mine (Sea Swan Group)
Wheeler Shaft Occurrence
Yankee Girl Mine (Yankee Girl Group)

Latitude: 39°54'13"N
Longitude: 112°7'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.903611111111,-112.11722222222

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Melanterite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Adamite ()*	Allophane ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Argentojarosite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Cl Cu Fe H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Melanterite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	32	32	1	274264	254
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	32	32	1	274261	470
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	32	32	1	274261	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	32	32	1	274282	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	32	32	2	274264,274281	3250
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	32	32	0		58
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	32	32	0		9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	32	32	1	274264	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	32	32	1	274264	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	32	32	4	274258,274261,274264,274282	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	32	32	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	32	32	2	274261,274264	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	32	32	2	274264,274282	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	32	32	1	274266	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	32	32	5	274261,274266,274272,274294,274301	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	32	32	0		1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	32	32	1	274261	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	32	32	1	274264	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	32	32	1	274264	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	32	32	1	274258	310
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	32	32	1	274261	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	32	32	9	274264,274268,274270,274282,274289,274303,274305,274306,274311	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	32	32	2	274266,274271	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	32	32	10	274260,274261,274264,274267,274271,274285,274294,274301,274305,274311	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	32	32	1	274261	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	32	32	1	274261	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	32	32	1	274304	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	32	32	1	274261	6890
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	32	32	1	274261	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	32	32	1	274261	14640
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	32	32	1	274261	62
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	32	32	2	274261,274264	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	32	32	1	274261	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	32	32	5	274259,274264,274281,274282,274304	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	32	32	0		5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	32	32	0		915
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	32	32	1	274261	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	32	32	1	274261	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	32	32	1	274261	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	32	32	12	274261,274264,274265,274282,274285,274289,274292,274301,274306,274307,274312,274315	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	32	32	1	274263	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	32	32	11	274258,274264,274266,274281,274285,274289,274292,274301,274303,274305,274312	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	32	32	1	274261	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	32	32	2	274259,274304	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	32	32	3	274264,274270,274294	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	32	32	2	274292,274301	5317

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
R060113	Iron Blossom Mine (Iron Blossom Consolidated Mining Company), Silver City, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA	https://rruff.info/R060113

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