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Locality Name:
Mammoth Mine (Mammoth Shaft; Mammoth Hoist And Adit), Mammoth, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 15208
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15208.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mammoth Mine (Mammoth Shaft; Mammoth Hoist And Adit), Mammoth, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°55'55"N
Longitude: 112°6'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.931944444444,-112.11138888889

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Sr U Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteArthuriteAtelestiteBaryte
BrochantiteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChenevixiteConnelliteCopperCorundumCyanotrichiteDevilline
EnargiteGypsumLöllingiteMagnetoplumbiteMalachiteMiniumMixiteNatrochalciteNoneNot in a structural group
PharmacosideritePhilipsburgitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTyrolite
Wurtzite

62 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenogoyazite  (*)
Arthurite  (*)Atelestite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Clinoclase  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Mixite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsburgite  (*)Plumboferrite  (*)
Preisingerite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Tsumcorite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S323202793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)32320254
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63232058
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O32320194
Arsenogoyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)63232021
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O3232035
Atelestite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(AsO4)(OH)3232047
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)632320919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)3232071
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2323205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3232011547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O732320450
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3323201935
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6323201633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3232027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)323204979
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O32320194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23232027198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)23232090
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl323201382
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)332320127
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)32320363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O32320295
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)432320109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)432320175
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O323202970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)232320179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O32320366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2323209895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS432320910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS432320163
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F323202740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3232024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3232030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O323206890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33232014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O323201689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6323202228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O32320593
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs232320762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23232012537
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O32320182
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl323201107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O432320247
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O32320168
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)32320492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O32320105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O32320428
Philipsburgite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu5Zn(AsO4)(PO4)(OH)6·H2O3232031
Plumboferrite  (*)MagnetoplumbitePb[Fe3+10.67Mn2+0.33Pb]O18.33323207
Preisingerite  (*)NoneBi3O(AsO4)2(OH)3232053
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)432320369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23232039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl323201725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23232061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)232320454
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O323201153
Silver  (*)CopperAg323205186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3232021482
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O3232090
Tsumcorite  (*)NatrochalcitePbZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O3232029
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O32320245



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-00496323232     Yes  4192Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USATintic–East TinticSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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