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


mindat Locality ID: 158302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Star Range, Beaver Co., Utah, USA": 101
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 97

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Star And North Star Districts

Latitude: 38°21'32"N
Longitude: 113°8'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.358888888889,-113.13472222222

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 Be Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBismutiteBrochantite
CalciteCaledoniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDevillineDiaspore
EpidoteFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PhenakitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteWollastoniteWurtzite

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Helvine  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Saponite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2271480,2715082793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61271550966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)17271462,271463,271467,271471,271477,271480,271481,271484,271496,271499,271511,271512,271521,271543,271547,271551,2715522734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)64271453,271469,271537,271543919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)214271462,271463,271464,271466,271480,271483,271499,271507,271511,271512,271535,271543,271551,2715525509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S34271463,271483,271507,2715351935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)5271453,271463,271483,271507,271535716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412714565516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612715431633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19271454,271463,271469,271475,271478,271483,271487,271491,271500,271505,271506,271507,271511,271512,271524,271528,271531,271535,27154827770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61271462359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)25271462,271463,271466,271469,271471,271477,271480,271481,271483,271484,271492,271495,271499,271507,271511,271512,271521,271535,271537,271540,271543,271547,271551,271552,2715534979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215271463,271478,271481,271483,271484,271495,271499,271507,271511,271512,271535,271543,271547,271551,27155227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl3271453,271537,2715431382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O4271462,271478,271499,2715523531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12715073846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)64271511,271543,271551,271552151
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12715432970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1271543366
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63271478,271484,2715524135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)27271461,271500,271512,271520,271521,271539,2715459895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3271478,271484,2714998173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF217271456,271459,271460,271473,271474,271481,271484,271489,271493,271498,271499,271502,271510,271512,271538,271548,2715529617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS27271455,271456,271462,271466,271471,271472,271475,271480,271481,271487,271490,271492,271496,271499,271500,271511,271512,271519,271521,271524,271525,271530,271531,271543,271547,271551,27155224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12714547437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2271468,27152230554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1271499717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12715436890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O62271484,271499741
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S1271499237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O38271475,271477,271495,271540,271547,271549,271552,27155314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O6271462,271469,271499,271511,271540,2715431689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)67271475,271491,271499,271512,271515,271546,2715522228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42271469,2715405591
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1271454234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22271462,271543987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46271464,271478,271481,271484,271543,27155214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)239271454,271456,271462,271463,271464,271466,271467,271468,271477,271478,271480,271483,271484,271492,271496,271499,271500,271501,271503,271505,271506,271507,271508,271509,271511,271512,271520,271524,271527,271535,271537,271539,271540,271543,271547,271549,271551,271552,27155312537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1271540770
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2271462,2715431107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22271453,2714995800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24271481,271484,271499,27153517380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212714782273
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)69271481,271490,271491,271499,271512,271515,271528,271546,271552477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS221271462,271463,271467,271478,271480,271481,271483,271484,271496,271499,271506,271507,271508,271509,271511,271512,271535,271543,271551,271552,27155339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO224271454,271459,271460,271469,271473,271475,271478,271487,271489,271493,271498,271502,271503,271506,271509,271510,271524,271527,271531,271539,271543,271548,271549,27155361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3271453,271499,2715431711
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1271453301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4271464,271488,271499,2715114894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O12714531153
Silver  (*)CopperAg3271511,271543,2715515186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)18271462,271463,271467,271475,271477,271490,271491,271492,271495,271499,271508,271512,271515,271525,271528,271543,271546,2715472473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18271462,271472,271475,271480,271481,271496,271499,271500,271511,271512,271525,271530,271531,271543,271547,271551,271552,27155321482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2271512,2715472045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133271511,271543,2715515317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22271484,2715522562
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl3271511,271543,271551605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41271462303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312714991247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO44271455,271511,271543,2715511655



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