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:
Bonneville Racetrack Subsurface Brines, Silver Island District (Silver Islet District), Silver Island Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 180562
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-180562.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonneville Racetrack Subsurface Brines, Silver Island District (Silver Islet District), Silver Island Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°48'29"N
Longitude: 113°47'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.808055555556,-113.79666666667

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.

Carnallite	None	Rocksalt

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: Cl H K Mg Na O

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl H K Mg Na O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Carnallite None Rocksalt

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Carnallite ()*	Halite ()*	Sylvite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	132
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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