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Locality Name:
East Erickson District, Sheeprock Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37467
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37467.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Erickson District, Sheeprock Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Climax
Consolidated Lela Prospect
Copper Jack Mine
Dolomite Quarry (MRDS - 10019977)
Dutch Peak Mine (Park-Utah Mine)
Ekker Canyon Prospect
Flintkote Quarry (Utah Lime And Stone Quarry; McBride And Hyder Quarry)
Flying Dutchman Mine (Silver Shield)
Golden Glebe
Green's Ridge
Hard-to-Beat Canyon
Humdinger Group (Lead-Ore Mining Company)
Indianapolis Mine
Jessel Bezzel Mine
Last Chance Deposit
Lead Queen Prospect (Lead Ore Mine; Humdinger Group)
Little Mountain Quarry
Monte Carlo Mine (Mla 49-87)
Reeder Prospects
Salt Lake & Mamie Claims (Utah Bunker Hill Mining Company)
Sheeprock Canyon
Silver King Mine
South Pine Canyon
Three Picks Claims
Tintic-Delaware Mine (Free Coinage Mine)
Unknown Mercury Occurrence (MRDS - 10088612)
Unknown Zinc Occurrence (Mla 49-87; MRDS - 10155060)
Utah Bunker Hill Mine (Salt Lake And Mamie Claims)
Utah Department Highways Gravel Pit 23069
Utah Lime And Stone Company Quarries (Flux Quarry; South Flux Quarry)
White Quail Claim

Latitude: 40°38'12"N
Longitude: 112°36'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.636666666667,-112.60361111111

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 Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Nb O P Pb S Si U W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAragoniteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopper
CorundumDiasporeFluoriteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTopazTurquoise

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Turquoise  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12776172734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212776155509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)127762311547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182277612,2776224286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)127761727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12776174979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25277604,277609,277612,277622,27762327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3277604,277609,2776153531
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25277608,277617,277619,277627,2776319895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25277604,277609,277612,277622,2776239617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6277606,277614,277617,277619,277620,27762624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12776037437
Gold  (*)CopperAu127761430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O37277603,277604,277609,277614,277623,277625,27762614640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1277624469
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43277603,277611,27762414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23277604,277609,27761512537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2127762617380
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62277617,277619477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29277604,277606,277609,277611,277612,277614,277622,277623,27762639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23277604,277609,2776233106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27277604,277607,277609,277614,277617,277623,27762661156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O83277612,277622,277623353
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2277611,2776224894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2277614,27762621482
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212776121476
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O3277604,277609,277615484
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO25277604,277609,277612,277622,2776232718



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