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Locality Name:
Tintic District, Utah Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 32
Youngest recorded age at locality: 32

mindat Locality ID: 22863
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22863.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tintic District, Utah Co., Utah, USA": 62
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 60

Number of Child Localities: 60
Child Localities:
Addie Prospect
Albert Claims
Apex Standard Number 2 Mine
Beck Mine (Old Beck Tunnel; Beck No. 2 Mine)
Big Hill Shaft Occurrence
Chief Consolidated Drill Hole Occurrence
Chief Lime Quarry (Homansville; Saddle Quarry)
Chief-Apex Standard Prospects
Colorado (Colorado Mining Company)
Colorado Number 2 Shaft
Copper Leaf Shaft Occurrence
Crown Point Prospect (East Crown Point Con. Shaft)
Crown Point Prospect No. 2
Crown Point Prospect Number 3
Crown Point Shaft Occurrence
Drill Holes North Of Burgin Occurrence (Kennecott Holes)
East Crown Point Prospect
East Standard Prospect
East Tintic Coalition Shaft Occurrence
East Tintic Consolidated Prospect (East Crown Point Erroneous Chief Consolidated)
Eureka
Hannibal Prospect
Helen Adits Occurrence
Homansville Shaft Occurrence
Horse Shoe Adit Occurrence
Humbug Mine (Uncle Sam Mine)
Inez Shafts Prospect
Maple Claim
Maple Shaft Occurrence (C. E. Loose Tract)
Minnie Moore Mine
Montana Shaft Occurrence (Eureka Standard; Mielich; Missouri Prospect)
New Burgin Mine (North Burgin; North Burgin Deposit; Burgin Mine; New Burgin; New Burgin Deposit; Tintic Project)
Northern Spy Mine
Original Iron King Prospect
Pinyon Queen Shaft Occurrence
Prospect (MRDS - 10042232)
Prospect And Stope; Iron Blossom (Caved Area Above Stope)
Prospects North Of Burgin
RGW Adit Occurrence (R. G. Wilson Adit)
Robert Number 16 Claim
Roundy Shaft Prospect (East Crown Point; Larsen; U S Energy Mine)
Salvador Mine (Salvator Mine)
Shea Group
Silver City
Silver Shield Shaft Occurrence (Independence Mining Company)
Sioux Mine (Sioux Consolidated Mining Company; Sioux Shaft)
South Standard Prospect
Steel Deposit
Steele Lease Of Chief Consolidated Mining Company
Tintic District Standard Mine Number 1 (Tintic District Standard Mine; Original Shaft)
Tintic Drain Tunnel Occurrence (Knight Drain Tunnel)
Tintic Mine
Tintic Standard Mine
Tintic Utah Prospects
Utah Consolidated Mine (Utah Group)
Water Lily Shaft Occurrence (Water Lillie)
White Star Adit Occurrence
Yankee Consolidated Mine
Yankee Mine
Zenith Shaft Occurrence

Latitude: 39°56'46"N
Longitude: 112°4'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.946111111111,-112.07027777778

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAluniteAragoniteAtelestiteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopper
EnargiteGypsumMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
Wurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Atelestite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beyerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kettnerite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mixite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S323212783252793
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O3232127830590
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)32324278276,278298,278323,2783262734
Atelestite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(AsO4)(OH)3232127830547
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)632322278302,278333919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)232322278305,2783335509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)32327278275,278276,278305,278306,278319,278328,27833311547
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)23232127830596
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)32322278279,27833327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)32323278298,278305,2783234979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23232127832527198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl32322278305,2783261382
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)32321278305363
Copper  (*)CopperCu32322278276,2783053846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)232327278277,278291,278296,278303,278311,278313,2783269895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS432325278275,278305,278319,278326,278328910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS32328278281,278298,278305,278319,278325,278326,278328,27833324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu32324278275,278319,278326,27832830554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O323212783196890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O323212783021689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6323212783332228
Kettnerite  (*)BismutiteCaBiO(CO3)F3232127830546
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)232323278302,278305,27833312537
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O32321278305168
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS232322278277,27833339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO232328278275,278276,278298,278305,278306,278323,278328,27833361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg323212782755186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)32323278281,278319,2783332473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS32323278323,278325,27832621482



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00496323232     Yes  4192Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USATintic–East TinticSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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