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Locality Name:
Gold Mountain District, Sevier Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 210997
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210997.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Mountain District, Sevier Co., Utah, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
B W And H Occurrence
Badger Prospect
Debra Dawn (White Mark)
East Slope Mine
Freedom No. 2 Occurrence
J & L Occurrence
Mill Creek Red Narrows Deposit
Pittsburgh
Potts Fraction Blue Eagle Mine
Upper & Lower Cloys
Yellow Cougar Prospect

Latitude: 38°30'25"N
Longitude: 112°16'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.506944444444,-112.27055555556

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 Fe H K Mo Na O S Sb Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousCalciteCopperCorundumNonePyriteQuartzTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilsemannite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Umohoite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2276734,2767442793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61276741966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2276734,27674427770
Gold  (*)CopperAu2276734,27674430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127673614640
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)1276738123
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS21276738102
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)61276741128
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22276734,27674439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22276734,27674461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12767345186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312767445317
Umohoite  (*)None(UO2)(MoO4)·2H2O127673816



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