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Locality Name:
Brighton, Big Cottonwood District, Wasatch Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 268867
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-268867.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brighton, Big Cottonwood District, Wasatch Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Big Cottonwood Mine (Great Western Mines; Mountain Lake Group)

Latitude: 40°34'58"N
Longitude: 111°35'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.582777777778,-111.58472222222
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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBruciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteLudwigiteMalachiteMicaNone
OlivinePyriteRocksaltScheeliteSpinelTalc

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brucite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clintonite  (*)
Ephesite  (*)Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Periclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sussexite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212755523419
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412755525516
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21275552462
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127555227198
Clintonite  (*)Mica ClayCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2127555286
Ephesite  (*)MicaNaLiAl2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2127555221
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12755528173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12755521188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS127555224243
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1275552341
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)1275552134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4127555214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2127555212537
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO1275552114
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212755522273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127555239462
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12755524894
Sussexite  (*)NoneMn2+BO2(OH)127555225
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212755523337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212755522562


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