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Locality Name:
Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 158332
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158332.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bingham District
Fairfield
Mercur District
Ophir District
Wells Canyon

Latitude: 40°20'21"N
Longitude: 112°8'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.339166666667,-112.14638888889
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 As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteCalcioferriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFairfieldite
HydrotalciteKaoliniteLaueiteMicaNoneOveritePhosphosideritePyritePyrochloreQuartz
RocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteWarditeWavellite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Beidellite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Collinsite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Englishite  (*)
Fairfieldite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Gordonite  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydroxycalcioroméite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kolbeckite  (*)
Messelite  (*)Millisite  (*)Montgomeryite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Overite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Takovite  (*)Variscite  (*)Wardite  (*)
Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2278170,2781712793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)62278144,278145966
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O127814485
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)23278139,278140,278141,278142,278144,278145,278152,278153,278154,278155,278157,278159,278160,278161,278162,278163,278164,278165,278166,278167,278170,278171,27817227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127817027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12781591382
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O127814438
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62278144,278145310
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211278139,278140,278141,278152,278153,278154,278155,278160,278162,278170,2781719895
Englishite  (*)NoneK3Na2Ca10Al15(OH)7(PO4)21·26H2O2278144,2781456
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O127814472
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2278144,2781452740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6278139,278140,278141,278142,278170,27817124243
Gordonite  (*)LaueiteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O2278144,27814518
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62278144,278145173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127816814640
Hydroxycalcioroméite  (*)Pyrochlore(Ca,Sb3+)2(Sb5+,Ti)2O6(OH)127814511
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1278145367
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)46278150,278152,278154,278159,278163,2781645591
Kolbeckite  (*)PhosphosideriteSc(PO4)·2H2O2278144,27814526
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O127814443
Millisite  (*)WarditeNaCaAl6(PO4)4(OH)9·3H2O2278144,27814512
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O2278144,27814544
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O6278147,278150,278157,278163,278164,2781671508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)223278139,278140,278141,278142,278147,278148,278149,278150,278151,278152,278153,278154,278155,278157,278158,278160,278161,278162,278163,278164,278166,278167,27817017380
Overite  (*)OveriteCaMgAl(PO4)2(OH)·4H2O2278144,2781455
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28278139,278140,278141,278142,278144,278159,278170,27817139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO229278139,278140,278141,278142,278144,278145,278147,278148,278149,278150,278151,278152,278153,278154,278155,278157,278158,278159,278160,278161,278162,278164,278165,278166,278167,278168,278170,278171,27817261156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1278159712
Silver  (*)CopperAg12781715186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2278164,2781722473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4278139,278140,278141,27814221482
Takovite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Al2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O127817218
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O5278144,278145,278155,278161,278168301
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O2278144,27814558
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1278144374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060825Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060825
R100024Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R100024
FKM-221Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USAhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-201-to-fkm-225/#FKM-221

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