Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ophir Hill Area, Ophir District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 38951
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38951.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ophir Hill Area, Ophir District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Admiral Dewey Prospect
Chicago Mine
Cliff Mine (Buckhorn Mine)
Hidden Treasure Mine (Sacramento; Chicago)
Jim Fisk Mine NW
Ophir Coalition Mine (Montana Mine)
Sacramento Mine

Latitude: 40°23'16"N
Longitude: 112°16'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.387777777778,-112.27083333333

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite
Caledonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper	Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spangolite
Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Tyrolite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Brochantite Calcite
Caledonite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Connellite Copper Covellite Devilline Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Ktenasite Linarite Malachite Melanterite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spangolite
Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Tyrolite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

79 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Bismuth ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Connellite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Ktenasite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Namuwite ()*	Niedermayrite ()*	Orthoserpierite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Plattnerite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Sanidine ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Spangolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tyrolite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	277508,277509,277510	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	277505,277507	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	277509	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	4	277505,277506,277507,277509	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	277507	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	277509	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	277507	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	4	277505,277506,277507,277510	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	277505,277506,277507,277510	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	277507	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	277507	132
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	277509	1966
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	277507	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	277506,277507,277508,277509	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	277507	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	6	277504,277505,277506,277507,277508,277510	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2	277507,277509	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	277509	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	277505,277506,277507,277508,277509,277510	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	3	277507,277508,277510	1382
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	277509	1025
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	277507	363
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	277507	295
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	277507	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3	277505,277507,277510	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4	277505,277506,277507,277509	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	277508,277509	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	277505,277506,277507,277509	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	277506,277507,277509	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	277504,277505,277506,277507,277508,277509,277510	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	277507	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	277505,277506,277507,277508	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	277507	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	277509	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	277504,277507	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	277507	741
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	277507	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	3	277505,277507,277510	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	277504,277506,277507	2228
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	1	277507	75
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	277507	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	277507	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	277505,277506,277507,277510	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	277509	915
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	277507	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	277505,277507,277508,277509	17380
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	1	277507	58
Niedermayrite ()*	None	Cu₄Cd(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·4H₂O	1	277507	8
Orthoserpierite ()*	None	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	277507	40
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	277509	2273
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1	277507	158
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	277506,277507,277510	477
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	277508	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	277505,277506,277507,277508,277509,277510	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	277506,277509	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	277507	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	277509	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	277507,277509	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	277507	454
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	277509	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	277507,277509	4894
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	1	277507	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	277507	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	277509	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	277507,277508	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	4	277505,277506,277507,277510	2473
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	1	277507	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	277505,277506,277507,277509,277510	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	277506,277508	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	277509	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	277509	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	277507	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	4	277505,277506,277507,277509	2562
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	277507	245
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	3	277505,277507,277510	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	277507	1655
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	277509	372
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	277509	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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