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Locality Name:
Topache Peak, Star And North Star Districts, Star Range, Beaver Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 269135
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269135.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Topache Peak, Star And North Star Districts, Star Range, Beaver Co., Utah, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Harrington-Hickory Mine (Rocky; The Gomer Shaft)

Latitude: 38°23'21"N
Longitude: 113°5'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.389166666667,-113.09888888889
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 As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDevillineGypsum
LinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
Tetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Corkite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12715432734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61271543919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212715435509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612715431633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12715434979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127154327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12715431382
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)61271543151
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12715432970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1271543366
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS127154324243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12715436890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12715431689
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21271543987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4127154314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2127154312537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12715431107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127154339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2127154361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12715431711
Silver  (*)CopperAg12715435186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12715432473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS127154321482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312715435317
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1271543605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO412715431655


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