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Locality Name:
Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 158304
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158304.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA": 63
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 59

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bettridge Creek Occurrence
Lucin District

Latitude: 41°10'10"N
Longitude: 114°'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.169444444444,-114.00777777778

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteCalcioferrite
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteKaoliniteLipscombite
MalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPerhamitePhosphosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelVivianiteWarditeWavelliteZircon

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismutite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Iangreyite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Krásnoite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metavariscite  (*)Minyulite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)
Montgomeryite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Perhamite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strengite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Wardite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)65271896,271936,271937,271940,271945966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)15271891,271896,271900,271904,271909,271921,271923,271925,271931,271936,271937,271939,271940,271944,2719472734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2271893,2719363250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61271936919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23271894,271896,2719105509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)9271890,271896,271897,271898,271909,271921,271922,271942,27194411547
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1271904716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612719191633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20271889,271891,271892,271893,271895,271896,271898,271900,271904,271905,271906,271908,271909,271924,271932,271937,271939,271940,271946,27194727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)6271896,271900,271911,271936,271940,2719464979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23271936,271937,27194027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O6271896,271907,271919,271926,271938,2719393531
Copper  (*)CopperCu3271896,271924,2719403846
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61271917310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4271896,271907,271938,2719402970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)210271891,271901,271922,271924,271928,271938,271939,271944,271946,2719489895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12719398173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12719172740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12271889,271891,271896,271900,271904,271909,271913,271923,271936,271937,271940,27194724243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31271940504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)9271892,271896,271900,271913,271921,271936,271937,271940,2719447437
Gold  (*)CopperAu4271896,271924,271936,27193730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315271888,271892,271896,271904,271905,271919,271928,271931,271936,271937,271938,271939,271940,271944,27194714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O10271889,271898,271900,271905,271906,271908,271921,271936,271937,2719441689
Iangreyite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2Al7(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH,F)15·8H2O12719174
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32271912,2719305433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63271896,271917,2719392228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)47271889,271896,271907,271936,271937,271940,2719455591
Krásnoite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O22.9(OH)13.3F2·8H2O12719175
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2127191747
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42271912,27193014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)28271891,271896,271899,271901,271910,271928,271938,27193912537
Metavariscite  (*)PhosphosideriteAl(PO4)·2H2O2271916,27191727
Minyulite  (*)NoneKAl2(PO4)2F·4H2O127191731
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O1271917129
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O127191744
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25271896,271936,271937,271938,27194017380
Perhamite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O127191719
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO21271936158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)65271891,271936,271937,271939,271947477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23271907,271936,27194039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12719401725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29271896,271898,271904,271917,271926,271928,271939,271940,27194861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg8271888,271889,271891,271933,271934,271936,271937,2719475186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)25271889,271891,271892,271895,271900,271904,271905,271906,271907,271908,271909,271913,271921,271925,271929,271931,271932,271935,271936,271937,271939,271940,271944,271946,2719472473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5271891,271936,271937,271940,27194721482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1271917263
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12718961101
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212719012562
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O4271904,271916,271917,271948301
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1271917636
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O127191758
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1271917374
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO48271891,271904,271917,271936,271937,271939,271940,2719471655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2271912,2719305251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050461Utahlite Hill, Lucin, Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050461


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