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:
Desert Flower No. 1 Mine (Pact Rat Canyon Prospect), Newfoundland District, Newfoundland Mts, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 181228
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-181228.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Desert Flower No. 1 Mine (Pact Rat Canyon Prospect), Newfoundland District, Newfoundland Mts, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°12'22"N
Longitude: 113°21'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.206111111111,-113.36388888889

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Garnet	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite

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: Al Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Garnet Mica None Pyrite Quartz Scheelite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Grossular ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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