Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Middle Pit, 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: 39287
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39287.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Middle Pit, 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	Alunite	Andalusite	Aragonite	Caledonite	Carminite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote
Linarite	Mixite	None	Philipsburgite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Tyrolite

Adamite ()*	Austinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Carminite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Cornwallite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lavendulan ()*
Linarite ()*	Mixite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Philipsburgite ()*	Quartz ()*
Tyrolite ()*	Zálesíite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Aragonite Caledonite Carminite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote
Linarite Mixite None Philipsburgite Quartz Rocksalt Tyrolite

22 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
Austinite ()*	Adelite	CaZn(AsO₄)(OH)	158	36.1	71
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	158	36.1	5516
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	158	36.1	359
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	158	36.1	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	158	36.1	4979
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
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	158	36.1	1025
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	158	36.1	363
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	158	36.1	175
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	158	36.1	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	158	36.1	30554
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	158	36.1	2228
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	158	36.1	149
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	158	36.1	987
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	158	36.1	168
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	158	36.1	492
Philipsburgite ()*	Philipsburgite	Cu₅Zn(AsO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	158	36.1	31
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	158	36.1	61156
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	158	36.1	245
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	158	36.1	84

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

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