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Locality Name:
Rush Valley District (Stockton District), Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 19317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rush Valley District (Stockton District), Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Argent Mine
Bauer (Bullion Coalition; Great Basin; Tip Top Mine)
Ben Harrison Mine (New Stockton)
Blue Eagle Mine
Bluestone
Calument Mine
Circle Amended Claim
Combined Metals
Galena King Mine
Hampton Mining Company
Honerine Mine (Bauer; Bullion Coalition; Great Basin; Tip Top Mine)
Honorine Drain Tunnel
Lookout
Mescatine Mine (Muscatine Mine)
Muerbrook Mine
Salvation-Hercules Mine
Settlement Canyon
Silver Eagle
Sisborn-Muirbrook Group
Soldier Creek
Southport Mine
Tip Top Mine
Unknown Prospect (MRDS - 10012022)
Ute Group
Waterman

Latitude: 40°23'58"N
Longitude: 112°21'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.399444444444,-112.35055555556

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Melanterite	Natrolite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Stilbite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Thomsonite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Corkite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilbite-Na ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Melanterite Natrolite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Stilbite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Thomsonite Wollastonite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	56	33.9	1	277543	3419
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	56	33.9	1	277543	1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	56	33.9	2	277537,277541	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	56	33.9	1	277537	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	56	33.9	2	277529,277537	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	56	33.9	1	277537	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	56	33.9	1	277535	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	56	33.9	1	277537	413
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	56	33.9	1	277541	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	56	33.9	9	277527,277529,277532,277535,277537,277540,277541,277542,277547	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	56	33.9	7	277529,277532,277535,277537,277541,277542,277548	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	56	33.9	2	277540,277542	1382
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	56	33.9	1	277537	1025
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	56	33.9	1	277537	151
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	56	33.9	1	277537	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	56	33.9	1	277537	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	56	33.9	1	277537	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	56	33.9	1	277537	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	56	33.9	9	277527,277529,277532,277535,277537,277540,277541,277542,277548	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	56	33.9	6	277529,277532,277537,277541,277542,277548	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	56	33.9	2	277543,277546	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	56	33.9	2	277529,277541	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	56	33.9	2	277535,277546	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	56	33.9	1	277535	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	56	33.9	8	277527,277529,277532,277535,277537,277540,277541,277542	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	56	33.9	8	277529,277532,277535,277537,277541,277542,277547,277548	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	56	33.9	1	277541	915
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	56	33.9	1	277537	1107
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	56	33.9	0		1236
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	56	33.9	1	277537	471
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	56	33.9	7	277527,277529,277535,277537,277540,277541,277542	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	56	33.9	9	277527,277529,277532,277535,277537,277540,277541,277542,277548	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	56	33.9	1	277537	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	56	33.9	1	277543	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	56	33.9	3	277529,277532,277537	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	56	33.9	1	277537	241
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	56	33.9	2	277535,277537	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	56	33.9	7	277529,277532,277535,277537,277540,277541,277548	21482
Stilbite-Na ()*	Stilbite	Na₉(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	56	33.9	1	277546	15
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	56	33.9	1	277532	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	56	33.9	1	277537	5317
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	56	33.9	1	277543	452
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	56	33.9	2	277537,277546	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	56	33.9	1	277532	1025

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00492	56	33.9	Eocene											19317	Rush Valley District (Stockton District), Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA	Stockton	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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