Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Golden Gate Mine, Mercur District (Camp Floyd District), Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 11400
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11400.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Golden Gate Mine, Mercur District (Camp Floyd District), Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°19'21"N
Longitude: 112°12'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.3225,-112.20944444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Mica	None	Orpiment	Stibnite	Talc

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 As Au Ba C Ca Fe H Hg K Mg O P S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Ca Fe H Hg K Mg O P S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Mica None Orpiment Stibnite Talc

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Gold ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Realgar ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*
Variscite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	511
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	712
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	301

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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