Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
West Tintic District, West Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37401
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37401.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Tintic District, West Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
1903 Mine
88 Mine
Allah Mine
Bates Shaft
Great Western King Mine
Imperial (Imperial-Lead)
Iron King Mine
Jones Mine
Lead King Mine
Lockheed Iron Property
Murphy Mine
Orient Mine
Oro Plata Mine
Paymaster & Iron Cap
Pyramid Mine
Resurrection Mine
Scotia Mine (Bonanza Mine; Walker Shaft; Old Scotia Mine)
Sullivan Shaft
Tintic Delaware
Tintic Western Mine (Desert Tungsten Mine)
Unknown Mine (MRDS - 10087479)
Unknown Prospect (MRDS - 10011392)
Unknown Prospect (MRDS - 10011551)
Unknown Prospect (MRDS - 10094382)
Unknown Prospects (MRDS - 10011374)
Unknown Prospects (MRDS - 10011391)
Unknown Prospects (MRDS - 10011393)
Unknown Prospects (MRDS - 10094371)
Unknown Shaft Occurrence (MRDS - 10011378)
Unknown Shaft Occurrence (MRDS - 10011380)
Unknown Shaft Occurrence (MRDS - 10011453)
Unknown Shafts (MRDS - 10011379)
Unnamed Fluorspar Mine
Virginia Prospect
War Eagle Claims

Latitude: 39°50'9"N
Longitude: 112°24'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.835833333333,-112.4

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Linarite	Malachite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi Ca Fe H Mg Mo O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Garnet Linarite Malachite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	274603,274619	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	274606,274619	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	5	274601,274611,274615,274616,274634	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	274616	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	274634	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	274616,274619	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	274600,274601,274614,274616,274634	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	2	274616,274634	450
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27	274600,274602,274603,274604,274605,274606,274607,274610,274611,274612,274613,274614,274615,274616,274617,274619,274622,274623,274624,274625,274627,274628,274629,274630,274631,274633,274634	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	274600,274601,274616,274634	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	14	274600,274606,274607,274609,274610,274614,274615,274616,274619,274622,274623,274625,274630,274634	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	5	274600,274601,274616,274619,274634	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	274606,274619	1025
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	274616	363
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	274606	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	24	274602,274603,274604,274605,274607,274608,274610,274611,274612,274613,274615,274617,274621,274622,274623,274624,274625,274626,274627,274628,274629,274630,274631,274633	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	0		944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	274606,274609,274619	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	274600,274601	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	19	274600,274601,274602,274603,274605,274607,274610,274613,274614,274615,274616,274617,274624,274625,274627,274628,274629,274631,274634	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	274606	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	274612,274616,274634	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	274606,274619	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	274606,274609,274616,274619,274634	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	274634	1689
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	274616	784
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	274616	987
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	274606	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	274606,274609,274619	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	15	274600,274606,274607,274609,274610,274613,274614,274615,274616,274619,274624,274625,274628,274630,274634	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	274616	492
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	274616	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	274600,274606,274609,274616,274619,274634	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	274620	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	274606	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	27	274600,274602,274603,274604,274605,274606,274607,274610,274611,274612,274613,274614,274615,274616,274617,274619,274622,274623,274624,274625,274627,274628,274629,274630,274631,274633,274634	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	8	274603,274604,274606,274610,274612,274617,274619,274622	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	274616	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	274606	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	4	274600,274607,274615,274634	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	274600,274602,274606,274616	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	274619	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	274606	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	274606	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	274603	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	26	274600,274602,274604,274605,274606,274607,274610,274611,274612,274613,274614,274615,274616,274617,274619,274622,274623,274624,274625,274627,274628,274629,274630,274631,274633,274634	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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