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Locality Name:
Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37464
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37464.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bates Canyon Mine
Bingham West Dip Tunnel Occurrence
Carr Fork Mine (Utah Apex Pre 1947)
May Flower Mine
Middle Canyon Mines
South Fork Mine
Spring Canyon Mine
Star Mine
Utah Metal Company Mine
White Pine Canyon Prospect

Latitude: 40°32'2"N
Longitude: 112°12'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.533888888889,-112.20805555556
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: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteGypsum
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
TalcWollastonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nukundamite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22277332,2773373419
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412773325516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111277333843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7277330,277331,277334,277335,277336,277338,27733927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26277330,277332,277334,277335,277336,27733727198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62277332,2773374135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212773389895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2277332,2773378173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS9277330,277331,277332,277333,277334,277335,277337,277338,27733924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu127733730554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12773346890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32277332,27733714640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4127733214899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212773325800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)26277330,277331,277334,277335,277336,27733917380
Nukundamite  (*)NoneCu3.4Fe0.6S4016
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12773322994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28277330,277331,277332,277333,277335,277337,277338,27733939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812773329056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25277331,277334,277335,277336,27733861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12773321711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS10277330,277331,277332,277333,277334,277335,277336,277337,277338,27733921482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)26277330,277332,277334,277336,277337,2773383337
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312773321247


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