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Locality Name:
Trixie Mine (Trixie Shaft; Old Trump Prospect), East Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 25445
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25445.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trixie Mine (Trixie Shaft; Old Trump Prospect), East Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°55'55"N
Longitude: 112°3'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.931944444444,-112.06583333333

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDugganiteEnargiteFluoriteJalpaiteKaoliniteKtenasite
MalachiteMeloniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPavonitePharmacosideritePolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtzite
ZemanniteZircon

87 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Altaite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Benjaminite  (*)Benleonardite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bezsmertnovite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chekhovichite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Denningite  (*)Dugganite  (*)Emmonsite  (*)Enargite  (*)Eurekadumpite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gartrellite  (*)Gold  (*)
Goldfieldite  (*)Graemite  (*)Hedyphane  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Khinite  (*)
Krennerite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Kuranakhite  (*)Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)
Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mcalpineite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Paratellurite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Plumbotellurite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Quetzalcoatlite  (*)Rickardite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Svanbergite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Teineite  (*)Tellurite  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Xocomecatlite  (*)Zemannite  (*)
Zincolivenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S323202793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)32320254
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe32320489
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)323202734
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63232058
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS323209052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)632320919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2323205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3232011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)232320172
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S123232045
Benleonardite  (*)PolybasiteAg15Cu(Sb,As)2S7Te43232020
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)632320413
Bezsmertnovite  (*)None(Au,Ag)4Cu(Te,Pb)323206
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3323201935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4323205516
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)323204979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S323205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23232027198
Chekhovichite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te4+4O11323205
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl323201382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS323202600
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe32320169
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)432320175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS323204165
Denningite  (*)NoneCaMn2+Te4+4O10323202
Dugganite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3(TeO6)(AsO4)23232018
Emmonsite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)3·2H2O3232034
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS432320910
Eurekadumpite  (*)Not in a structural group(Cu,Zn)16(Te4+O3)2(AsO4)3Cl(OH)18·7H2O323205
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F323202740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2323209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3232024243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O3232041
Gold  (*)CopperAu3232030554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S133232072
Graemite  (*)NoneCu2+(Te4+O3)·H2O323206
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl3232048
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33232014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O323201689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te32320804
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS232320116
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6323202228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4323205591
Khinite  (*)NoneCu2+3PbTe6+O6(OH)23232014
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe832320111
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O3232075
Kuranakhite  (*)NonePbMn4+Te6+O6323207
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O32320593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O32320149
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS432320198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23232012537
Mcalpineite  (*)NoneCu3Te6+O63232012
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl323201107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23232017380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)32320492
Paratellurite  (*)RutileTeO23232020
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe232320409
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O32320428
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)632320477
Plumbotellurite  (*)NonePb(Te4+O3)323203
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]32320716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS332320733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23232039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8323209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23232061156
Quetzalcoatlite  (*)NoneCu2+3Zn6Te6+2O12(OH)6·(Ag,Pb,   )Cl323206
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe23232052
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)323204894
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O32320142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O323201153
Silver  (*)CopperAg323205186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)323202473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3232021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS32320332
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)632320105
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe432320337
Teineite  (*)NoneCu2+(Te4+O3)·2H2O3232014
Tellurite  (*)NoneTeO23232052
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe32320190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te332320276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13323201803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13323205317
Xocomecatlite  (*)NoneCu3(Te6+O4)(OH)43232010
Zemannite  (*)ZemanniteMg0.5ZnFe3+(Te4+O3)3·nH2O (3≤n≤4.5)323207
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)3232060
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)323205251



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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