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Locality Name:
Needle Range, Beaver Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35.53
Youngest recorded age at locality: 29.07

mindat Locality ID: 158300
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158300.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Needle Range, Beaver Co., Utah, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Indian Peak District
Washington District

Latitude: 38°14'43"N
Longitude: 113°52'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.245277777778,-113.86666666667

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	Allophane	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andradite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Fluorite Garnet Malachite None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	35.53	29.07	1	271323	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	271324	966
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			4	271339,271341,271345,271347	1534
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	271328	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	35.53	29.07	9	271325,271326,271327,271329,271330,271332,271333,271337,271344	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	35.53	29.07	1	271323	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	271328	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	271334	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	35.53	29.07	1	271332	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			8	271323,271325,271326,271327,271329,271330,271333,271337	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	271323,271328	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	271344	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	35.53	29.07	1	271332	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	35.53	29.07	2	271332,271334	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	271334	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	271335,271336	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			8	271325,271326,271327,271329,271330,271333,271334,271337	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	271328	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	35.53	29.07	1	271332	2045

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
	NAVDAT-17195	35.53	29.07	32.3±3.23					17195						182652	Miners Cabin Shafts, Indian Peak District, Needle Range, Beaver Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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