Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Boulder Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 158329
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158329.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boulder Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
North Tintic District (Boulder District; Caledonia District; Oasis District)
Tintic District
West Tintic Area

Latitude: 39°56'55"N
Longitude: 112°15'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.948611111111,-112.25416666667

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	276950,276954	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	276954	919
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	276939,276957	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	276950,276954	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	276942,276946,276949,276950,276955	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	276950,276952,276954	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	276955	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	276950,276954	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	276954	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	276950,276954	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	276963,276964,276965	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	276954	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	276954	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	276949,276950,276954	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	276950,276954	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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