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Locality Name:
Soldiers Pass Area, Utah Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 245893
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245893.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Soldiers Pass Area, Utah Co., Utah, USA": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 37
Child Localities:
Black Point NW Prospect
Black Point South Pit
Cat Hill NE Pit
Cat Hill North Prospect
Cedarstrom Clay Pit
Dutchman No. 2 Clay Pit
Eroch Ridge Prospect
Fawn Clay Pits
Fox Hills Clay Pit (Aluminum; Lake; Susan Jane)
Grey Eagle Clay Pit
Iron Hill Central Adit Occurrence
Iron Hill North West Pit
Iron Hill Pits
Iron Hill South West Prospect
Iron Hill West Central Prospect
Ivans Canyon Pits
Jack Rabbit Pit
Little Canyon North Prospects
Little Canyon Pit
Long Canyon South Clay Pit
Long Ridge SE Prospect
Long Ridge South Prospects
Mercer Canyon Pit
Overcross Pit
Pfeiffer Canyon Middle Prospects
Pfeiffer Canyon Upper Prospects
Seep Canyon Pit
Soldiers Pass East Pit
Soldiers Pass South Prospects
Unknown Pumice Occurrence (MRDS - 10021329)
W. H. Prince And Sons
W. H. Prince And Sons Pit
White Canyon North Pits
White Knoll Pit
White Knoll West Pit
Wildcat Canyon North Prospects
Wildcat Mine (Steele Mine; Black Hawk Claims)

Latitude: 40°12'34"N
Longitude: 111°56'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.209444444444,-111.93611111111
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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayCoronaditeCorundumFeldsparKaoliniteMicaNonePyrophylliteSmectite-vermiculite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Hematite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5278222,278223,278226,278237,27824127770
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161278256599
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32278220,27825514640
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O127822862
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)415278224,278228,278229,278231,278232,278233,278234,278235,278236,278238,278242,278243,278246,278247,2782515591
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O2278228,2782511508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213278224,278229,278231,278232,278233,278234,278235,278236,278238,278242,278243,278246,27824717380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12782212349
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)213278224,278229,278231,278232,278233,278234,278235,278236,278238,278242,278243,278246,278247771


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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