Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 158330
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158330.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Simpson Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Erickson District (Black Crook District)

Latitude: 39°56'45"N
Longitude: 112°40'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.945833333333,-112.6775

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Fluorite Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	277696	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	277696,277697,277721	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	9	277695,277696,277697,277700,277702,277703,277709,277710,277713	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	277696,277704,277706,277709,277712,277719	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	277714,277719	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	277704,277709	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	277707	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	7	277695,277696,277697,277700,277702,277709,277713	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	14	277693,277695,277696,277697,277700,277702,277704,277706,277707,277709,277710,277712,277713,277721	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	277698,277701,277710,277718,277722	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	277693	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	277718,277722	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	277704,277709	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	277696,277705	770
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	277697	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13	277693,277695,277696,277697,277698,277700,277701,277709,277713,277718,277719,277721,277722	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	8	277695,277696,277697,277700,277705,277709,277713,277715	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	277693,277696,277697,277698,277701,277712,277714,277721,277722	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	277721	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	277721	969
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	277693,277712	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9	277693,277695,277696,277697,277700,277706,277709,277713,277721	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	277707,277714,277719	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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