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Locality Name:
Tintic Standard Mine (Tintic Standard Mines 2 & 3), East Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 32
Youngest recorded age at locality: 32

mindat Locality ID: 4141
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4141.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tintic Standard Mine (Tintic Standard Mines 2 & 3), East Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°57'0"N
Longitude: 112°4'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.95,-112.06666666667

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	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Enargite	Halotrichite	Kieserite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Coronadite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kornelite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pearceite ()*	Petzite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderotil ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tinticite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Coronadite Corundum
Enargite Halotrichite Kieserite Malachite Marcasite Melonite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	32	32	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	32	32	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	32	32	3250
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	32	32	58
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	32	32	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	32	32	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	32	32	1935
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	32	32	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	32	32	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	32	32	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	32	32	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	32	32	3846
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	32	32	227
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	32	32	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	32	32	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	32	32	30554
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	32	32	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	32	32	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	32	32	804
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	32	32	2228
Kornelite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₃·7H₂O (?)	32	32	21
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	32	32	111
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	32	32	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	32	32	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	32	32	5674
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	32	32	249
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	32	32	409
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	32	32	477
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	32	32	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	32	32	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	32	32	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	32	32	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	32	32	1711
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	32	32	1153
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	32	32	84
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	32	32	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	32	32	332
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	32	32	337
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	32	32	139
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	32	32	5317
Tinticite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·3H₂O	32	32	19

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00496	32	32	32							Yes				4192	Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA	Tintic–East Tintic	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060098	Tintic Standard Mine (Tintic Standard Mines 2 & 3), East Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA	https://rruff.info/R060098
R070682	Tintic Standard Mine (Tintic Standard Mines 2 & 3), East Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA	https://rruff.info/R070682

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