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Locality Name:
Silver Island District (Silver Islet District), Silver Island Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37476
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37476.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Island District (Silver Islet District), Silver Island Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 50
Child Localities:
Bonneville Racetrack Subsurface Brines
Bryan Group
Carrie Mack Property
Cool Day No. 1 Claim (Lease No. Ml 27374; Edward's Kaolin Deposit)
Eagle Eye Group
Edwards Kaolin Occurrence
Expectation Claim Mine
Gethin Leroy
Hastings No. 2 And No. 3 Occurrence
Lost Hope Mine
Millard Canyon Group
Miners Canyon Quadrangle Sand Dunes
Miners Canyon Quadrangle Subsurface Brines
Morning Star Mine
Silver Glance
Silver Island
Silver Island Metals
Silver Lake
Silver Prince No. 6 Occurrence
Silver Tip
Tetzlaff Peak Sand Dunes Occurrence
Tetzlaff Peak Subsurface Brines
Unknown Copper - Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10130214)
Unknown Copper (MRDS - 10012263)
Unknown Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10012223)
Unknown Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10012226)
Unknown Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10012262)
Unknown Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10202780)
Unknown Mine (MRDS - 10012221)
Unknown Mine (MRDS - 10012225)
Unknown Mine (MRDS - 10087532)
Unknown Mine (MRDS - 10130520)
Unknown Mine (MRDS - 10202850)
Unknown Mine (MRDS - 10203398)
Unknown Prospect (MRDS - 10012264)
Unknown Silver - Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10129971)
Unknown Silver - Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10179111)
Unknown Silver - Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10276890)
Unknown Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10012222)
Unknown Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10012227)
Unknown Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10087531)
Unknown Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10087533)
Unknown Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10179330)
Unknown Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10202716)
Unknown Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10179006)
Unknown Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10202870)
Unknown Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10227699)
Unknown Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10228003)
Unknown Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10252338)
Unknown Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10301190)

Latitude: 40°53'19"N
Longitude: 113°50'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.888611111111,-113.84444444444

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteCarnalliteClayCorundumFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutile

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnallite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212776405509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2277640,27764711547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71277640450
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3277646,277647,27766727770
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O3277638,277650,277659132
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12776404979
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22277661,2776679895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212776479617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2277640,27766824243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12776586890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl3277638,277650,2776591398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O38277646,277647,277648,277662,277663,277664,277667,27767214640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141277640784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412776435591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)210277640,277644,277646,277648,277662,277663,277664,277667,277668,27767212537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22277640,27764439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212776463106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28277646,277647,277648,277649,277663,277664,277667,27766861156
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl3277638,277650,277659275



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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