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Locality Name:
Promontory Mts, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 158305
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158305.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Promontory Mts, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Promontory District
Utah Department Of Highways Location No. 02078
Utah Department Of Highways Pit No. 02075

Latitude: 41°25'46"N
Longitude: 112°28'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.429444444444,-112.47388888889
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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteRocksalt

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)5271954,271959,271960,271971,27197711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44271959,271960,271962,2719775516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5271954,271959,271960,271971,27197727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)6271954,271959,271960,271962,271969,2719774979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25271958,271959,271960,271962,27197727198
Copper  (*)CopperCu12719583846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)26271954,271957,271959,271960,271971,2719779895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS127195724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4271959,271960,271962,27197730554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4271959,271960,271962,2719776890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36271954,271957,271959,271960,271971,27197714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O6271954,271955,271959,271960,271971,2719771689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612719551066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25271959,271960,271962,271970,27197712537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24271959,271960,271962,27197739462
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)7271954,271955,271959,271960,271962,271971,2719772473
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1271964301


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