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Locality Name:
South Hecla Mine, Dromedary Peak, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Little Cottonwood District (Alta District), Wasatch Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 28363
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28363.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Hecla Mine, Dromedary Peak, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Little Cottonwood District (Alta District), Wasatch Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dwyer Tunnel
Sells Mine (Sells Tunnel; Lexington Tunnel; Alta United Mines; South Hecla Mining Company)

Latitude: 40°35'0"N
Longitude: 111°39'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.583333333333,-111.65
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: As Au B Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As B Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteEnargiteLudwigite
MeneghiniteNonePyriteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteWollastonite
Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31275691315
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12756912734
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31275691214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312756911935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12756914979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12756914165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS127569124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu127569130554
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)0134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312756915317
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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