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Locality Name:
Yost, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 221332
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221332.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yost, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Blue Bird Mines
Charleston Creek Mines
George Creek Tungsten Occurrence
Johnson Creek Tunnel Occurrence
Lucky Boy Occurrence
Silver Belle Nos. 1 And 6 Occurrence
Unknown Quarry (MRDS - 10015753)
Wildcat Creek Prospects
Wildcat North Occurrence

Latitude: 41°55'11"N
Longitude: 113°32'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.919722222222,-113.54444444444

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 C Ca Fe Mo O Pb S W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteCalciteCopperCorundumMolybdeniteNonePyriteRocksaltScheelite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Calcite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12721052793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12721012734
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)127210427770
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4272100,272101,272102,27210524243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127210814640
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212721025800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1272102494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24272100,272101,272103,27210739462
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12721024894
Silver  (*)CopperAg4272103,272104,272107,2721085186



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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