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Locality Name:
Argenta, Big Cottonwood District, Wasatch Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 203465
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203465.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argenta, Big Cottonwood District, Wasatch Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Aften Mine
Confidence Mine (Bachelor Claims)
Cottonwood King Mine
Dolly Varden Mine (Colonial Tunnel)
Logger Mine
Maxfield Mine (Bullion Chief Lease; James Drain Tunnel)
Newman And Afton Groups Mines (Sunken City; Big Cottonwood Monarch)
Sunnyside Mine

Latitude: 40°38'4"N
Longitude: 111°40'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.634444444444,-111.67
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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMica
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSepioliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteVesuvianiteWollastonite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)12755371036
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2275539,27554127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22275537,27554027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62275541,2755424135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212755429895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)1275541180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12755418173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7275537,275538,275539,275540,275541,275542,27554324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2275537,27554130554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2127554112537
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212755422273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23275537,275540,27554139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22275540,27554161156
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1275541241
Silver  (*)CopperAg5275537,275538,275539,275541,2755425186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12755392473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3275537,275541,27554221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312755415317
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012755421395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312755411247


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