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Locality Name:
Dugway Range, Tooele Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 245850
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245850.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dugway Range, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 49

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dugway Mountains District

Latitude: 40°0'54"N
Longitude: 113°11'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.015,-113.19944444444

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 Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAragoniteBaryteBerylBixbyiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopper
CorundumCovelliteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTopaz

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bixbyite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Prosopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12770288803
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12770053250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)27276995,276999,277006,277007,277023,277026,2770375509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16276996,277003,277004,277005,277006,277013,277014,277016,277021,277023,277024,277025,277026,277030,277033,27703411547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812769924286
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O31276992104
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412770105516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)9276996,277006,277007,277013,277014,277021,277023,277033,27703427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)10276996,277001,277004,277006,277013,277014,277023,277025,277037,2770414979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O7276996,276998,277005,277010,277013,277023,277026925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3276996,276999,2770335707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26276996,277010,277023,277032,277033,27703827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2277004,2770131382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O7276995,276998,276999,277006,277007,277023,2770263531
Copper  (*)CopperCu2277004,2770133846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS6276996,277010,277016,277030,277033,2770344165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4276998,277004,277013,2770232970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211276997,277017,277018,277019,277020,277022,277024,277027,277031,277033,2770409895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF221276999,277000,277002,277003,277004,277006,277007,277012,277013,277015,277016,277023,277024,277025,277026,277030,277031,277033,277034,277035,2770369617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS24276994,276996,276997,276999,277000,277002,277004,277005,277007,277010,277013,277014,277019,277022,277023,277024,277025,277026,277033,277034,277035,277036,277037,27704024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2277013,27703230554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O8276996,277013,277017,277019,277023,277026,277027,2770386890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311276995,276996,276998,277002,277006,277013,277023,277025,277026,277027,27703714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O4276996,277002,277005,2770371689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63277002,277013,2770291066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63277006,277013,2770232228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4127700414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)224276994,276995,276996,276998,276999,277000,277006,277007,277014,277017,277019,277022,277023,277026,277027,277031,277032,277033,277035,277036,277037,277039,277040,27704112537
Prosopite  (*)NoneCaAl2F4(OH)4127700439
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213276995,276996,276998,277005,277010,277013,277017,277019,277023,277026,277027,277032,27703839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211276992,276995,276996,277006,277007,277011,277019,277023,277033,277034,27703661156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21276992454
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)5277001,277005,277016,277030,2770346417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3277004,277013,2770375186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)6276996,277002,277013,277014,277021,2770372473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12276996,277002,277004,277013,277014,277019,277021,277023,277034,277035,277038,27704021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312769961803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO4276995,277023,277026,2770381101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312769965317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F212769921476
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43277001,277005,2770131655



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