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Locality Name:
Honerine Mine (Bauer; Bullion Coalition; Great Basin; Tip Top Mine), Rush Valley District (Stockton District), Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 11875
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11875.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Honerine Mine (Bauer; Bullion Coalition; Great Basin; Tip Top Mine), Rush Valley District (Stockton District), Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°27'30"N
Longitude: 112°20'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.458333333333,-112.34027777778

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 As Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
EpidoteFluoriteMalachiteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSepioliteSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteTetrahedriteWollastonite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Corkite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)5633.902734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)5633.903250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5633.909052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)65633.90919
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)65633.90413
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)5633.904979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25633.9027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5633.901025
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)65633.90151
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O65633.904135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25633.909895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5633.908173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25633.909617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5633.9024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5633.9030554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)65633.902228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25633.9012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl5633.901107
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O5633.90471
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)65633.90477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25633.9039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl5633.901725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25633.9061156
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O5633.90241
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)5633.902473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5633.9021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S135633.905317
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO35633.901247



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-004925633.9Eocene     Yes  19317Rush Valley District (Stockton District), Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USAStocktonSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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