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Locality Name:
Bullion Canyon, Tushar Mts, Piute Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 158314
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158314.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bullion Canyon, Tushar Mts, Piute Co., Utah, USA": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 43

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ohio District

Latitude: 38°24'31"N
Longitude: 112°19'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.408611111111,-112.32888888889

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 Cu F Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCopperCovelliteFluorite
MalachiteMeloniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
StibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cannonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprobismutite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)28275156,275157,275159,275160,275167,275174,275197,2751985509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2275156,27519711547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12751781966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312751781935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43275159,275160,2751985516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4275156,275164,275167,27517427770
Cannonite  (*)NoneBi2O(SO4)(OH)2127517826
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212751785171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)7275156,275157,275159,275160,275167,275174,2751974979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2275164,2751785707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS28275156,275157,275159,275164,275167,275174,275178,27519727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3275156,275164,2751673531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12751784165
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S24127517843
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS21275178246
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24275156,275164,275174,2751979617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS8275156,275157,275159,275164,275167,275174,275185,27519724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu10275156,275157,275159,275160,275167,275171,275174,275178,275197,27519830554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1275178804
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62275156,2751971066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)210275156,275157,275159,275160,275164,275167,275174,275185,275186,27519812537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211275156,275157,275159,275160,275164,275167,275174,275185,275186,275197,27519839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23275156,275162,2751973106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215275156,275157,275158,275160,275164,275165,275167,275169,275173,275174,275177,275178,275186,275197,27519861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12751601711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4275164,275167,275174,2751986417
Silver  (*)CopperAg4275156,275160,275167,2751985186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS8275156,275157,275164,275167,275174,275185,275197,27519821482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe42275156,275197337
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1275178510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311275156,275157,275159,275160,275164,275167,275174,275178,275185,275197,2751985317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42275156,2751971655



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