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Locality Name:
Grouse Creek Mts, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 221322
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221322.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grouse Creek Mts, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ashbrook District
Rosebud District

Latitude: 41°45'29"N
Longitude: 113°47'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.758055555556,-113.79416666667

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteArgyroditeArsenopyriteBaryteBrackebuschiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteEpidoteGarnetMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
Tetrahedrite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Calderónite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pearceite  (*)Powellite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S8271750,271751,271752,271753,271754,271755,271757,2717582793
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312717471534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2271758,2717742734
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6127175862
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12717589052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61271758919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212717585509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)127175911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5271760,271762,271768,271769,27177827770
Calderónite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)127176829
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2271758,2717594979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12717585707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24271758,271770,271778,27178227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12717783531
Copper  (*)CopperCu2271754,2717583846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12717584165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12717582970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1271768378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212717749895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)6271747,271759,271760,271762,271768,2717808173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6271758,271760,271768,271769,271778,27178124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu8271751,271753,271754,271756,271758,271769,271770,27178230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127175814640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24271758,271762,271766,27177812537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12717581107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22271758,27175917380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31271758511
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]1271758249
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)4271747,271762,271768,271780494
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31271758733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312717581425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29271748,271753,271755,271756,271758,271769,271770,271774,27177839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212717583106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210271758,271759,271760,271762,271768,271769,271770,271774,271778,27178061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1271758712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12717581711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21271758454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)9271747,271762,271765,271767,271768,271774,271777,271780,2717814894
Silver  (*)CopperAg11271748,271750,271751,271752,271753,271754,271755,271756,271757,271758,2717705186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS127175821482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312717581803
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1271768605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412717681655



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