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Locality Name:
Granite Mountain, Tooele Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 245851
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245851.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Granite Mountain, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Granite Mountain District

Latitude: 40°8'43"N
Longitude: 113°17'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.145277777778,-113.28888888889

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: Al Au Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na Nb O Pb S Si Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beryl  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12772638803
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)25277264,277265,277266,277267,2772685509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182277263,2772644286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25277264,277265,277266,277267,27726827198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF26277264,277265,277266,277267,277268,2772709617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5277264,277265,277266,277267,27726824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3277266,277267,27726830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34277264,277266,277267,27726814640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412772635591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26277264,277265,277266,277267,277268,27727012537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2277263,2772644924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22277263,27726417380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12772632349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23277266,277267,27726839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25277264,277266,277267,277268,27727061156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O82277263,277264353
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2277263,2772645251



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