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Locality Name:
150(-foot) Level, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 158
Youngest recorded age at locality: 36.1

mindat Locality ID: 39291
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39291.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "150(-foot) Level, Gold Hill Mine (Western Utah Mine), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite
Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Quartz	Spinel	Tyrolite

Adamite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Austinite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Connellite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Juanitaite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Mixite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Parnauite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*
Tyrolite ()*	Zincolivenite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Andalusite Apatite Arseniosiderite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Connellite
Mixite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Quartz Spinel Tyrolite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	158	36.1	254
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	158	36.1	194
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	158	36.1	71
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	158	36.1	5509
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	158	36.1	150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	158	36.1	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	158	36.1	172
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	158	36.1	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	158	36.1	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	158	36.1	27770
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	158	36.1	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	158	36.1	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	158	36.1	3531
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	158	36.1	127
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	158	36.1	363
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	158	36.1	295
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	158	36.1	175
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	158	36.1	73
Juanitaite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Cu,Ca,Fe)₁₀Bi(AsO₄)₄(OH)₁₁·2H₂O	158	36.1	4
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	158	36.1	1107
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	158	36.1	168
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	158	36.1	492
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	158	36.1	105
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	158	36.1	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	158	36.1	1153
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	158	36.1	245
Zincolivenite ()*	Andalusite	CuZn(AsO₄)(OH)	158	36.1	60

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Kristen000117	38.7	36.1	37.4±1.3	K-Ar	intrustion age	biotite	70-2	Yes	25835	Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA	Gold Hill District	Stacey and Zartmann (1978)	UG5_1
Kristen000118	41.1	38.3	39.7±1.4	K-Ar	intrustion age	biotite	6	Yes	25835	Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA	Gold Hill District	Stacey and Zartmann (1978)	UG5_1
Kristen000119	156	146	151±5	K-Ar	intrustion age	biotite	15A	Yes	25835	Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA	Gold Hill District	Stacey and Zartmann (1978)	UG5_1
Kristen000120	158	148	153±5	K-Ar	intrustion age	biotite	18	Yes	25835	Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA	Gold Hill District	Stacey and Zartmann (1978)	UG5_1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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