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Locality Name:
Iron Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 13.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 12.3

mindat Locality ID: 27572
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27572.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Co., Utah, USA": 299
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 275

Number of Child Localities: 78
Child Localities:
A-B No. 2 Occurrence (Silver Tik No. 2)
Albert No. 1
Albert No. 2
Albert No. 3
Antelope Range
Antelope Range District
B & D No. 1 Occurrence
Big Chance
Black Hawk And Joe Louis Claims
Black Joe No. 1 & No. 2 Occurrence
Braffit Ridge Silica
Brian Head
Cedar Breaks
Cedar Canyon
Cedar City
Cedar Mountain
Cinder Hill Cinder Pit (Utah Department Of Highways Pit No. 11036)
Coal Creek Canyon Gypsum Deposit
Desert View Mine
Earth Sciences Pine Valley Deposit
Earth Sciences Southern Extension Occurrence
Enterprise
Epsolon Occurrence
Escalante District (Mt. Escalante)
Escalante Valley
Fiddler's Canyon
Gallium Occurrence
Gold Springs District (Hamlin Valley)
Grand Castle Prospect
Indian Peak
Iron Peak Group Mining Claims (Snowdrift; Black Warrior; Rosser; Treasure Box; Iron Peak)
Iron Peak Mine
Iron Springs District (Iron And Granite Mountains & Three Peaks)
Jarloose District
Kanarraville
Luk Group
Lund
Lund Area
Mammoth Plaster & Cement Company Quarry
Modena
Modena (NW)
Modena District
Monta Rose
Needles Range
Paradise Hills
Paragonah
Parowan
Pine Grove
Pinto Iron District (Pinto District; Silver Belt District)
Placer No. 1
Prohibiton Flat-3 Occurrence (Unknown)
Quarry (MRDS - 10011018)
Quarry (MRDS - 10087138)
Quarry (MRDS - 10101593)
Red Bird No. 1-8 Occurrence
Rim Claims
Sand Springs
Shurtz Canyon Gypsum Occurrence
Spotted Rock Nos. 1-5
Stateline District (Hamlin Valley)
SX Deposit
Table Butte
Tripoli Occurrence
True Value And True Value No. 1 Occurrence
Uncle Bim Occurrence
Unknown Copper - Gold - Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10087276)
Unknown Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10011185)
Unknown Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10011045)
Unknown Gemstone Occurrence (21-Prohibition-2; MRDS - 10087259)
Unknown Gemstone Occurrence (MRDS - 10090815)
Unknown Silver - Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10011186)
Unknown Silver - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10179167)
Unknown Volcanic Materials Occurrence (MRDS - 10011206)
Unnamed Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10227400)
Unnamed Mercury Prospect (MRDS - 10092580)
Washington District
West Swale Quarry
White Sands Nos. 4 - 22; And 35 - 37

Latitude: 37°51'36"N
Longitude: 113°20'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.86,-113.33694444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Autunite
Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Minium	None	Not in a structural group
Phenakite	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Vivianite

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Autunite
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Descloizite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Minium None Not in a structural group
Phenakite Phosphosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rockbridgeite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite Topaz Vivianite

67 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Augite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lead ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Niter ()*	Opal ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rockbridgeite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*
Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			10	273809,273813,273823,273832,273834,273835,273836,273850,273986,273999	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			53	273867,273868,273869,273870,273871,273872,273873,273874,273875,273876,273877,273878,273879,273880,273881,273882,273883,273884,273885,273886,273887,273888,273889,273890,273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			55	273776,273867,273868,273869,273870,273871,273872,273873,273874,273875,273876,273877,273878,273879,273880,273881,273882,273883,273884,273885,273886,273887,273888,273889,273890,273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920,273967	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	13.3	12.3	8	273806,273807,273944,273951,273955,273962,273981,274033	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	273966	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			2	273798,273945	1588
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	273813	445
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	273967	2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			2	273945,274017	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			53	273867,273868,273869,273870,273871,273872,273873,273874,273875,273876,273877,273878,273879,273880,273881,273882,273883,273884,273885,273886,273887,273888,273889,273890,273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			57	273768,273774,273813,273861,273867,273868,273869,273870,273871,273872,273873,273874,273875,273876,273877,273878,273879,273880,273881,273882,273883,273884,273885,273886,273887,273888,273889,273890,273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	273895	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			61	273765,273767,273768,273770,273771,273772,273773,273775,273777,273778,273779,273783,273784,273786,273787,273790,273813,273823,273825,273826,273832,273834,273835,273849,273861,273863,273865,273867,273868,273869,273870,273871,273875,273876,273878,273880,273888,273889,273893,273894,273900,273903,273907,273908,273912,273914,273920,273925,273928,273931,273932,273934,273936,273937,273940,273958,273970,273995,273997,274006,274039	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	273798	1184
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	273765,273813	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	273895	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			13	273764,273809,273813,273831,273834,273986,273992,273995,273999,274006,274012,274014,274027	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			14	273764,273772,273773,273774,273775,273777,273778,273783,273784,273787,273790,273813,273830,273940	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			55	273824,273867,273868,273869,273870,273871,273872,273873,273874,273875,273876,273877,273878,273879,273880,273881,273882,273883,273884,273885,273886,273887,273888,273889,273890,273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920,273970	2600
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)			1	273830	363
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	273869	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			1	273813	378
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			52	273867,273868,273869,273870,273871,273872,273873,273874,273875,273876,273877,273878,273879,273880,273881,273882,273883,273884,273885,273886,273887,273888,273889,273890,273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	273970,274049	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	273861,273920	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O			1	273986	345
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	273927	271
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			3	273861,273914,273927	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	273813,273831	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			59	273765,273768,273809,273813,273858,273867,273868,273869,273870,273871,273872,273873,273874,273875,273876,273877,273878,273879,273880,273881,273882,273883,273884,273885,273886,273887,273888,273889,273890,273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920,274049	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			23	273813,273823,273825,273826,273831,273832,273834,273835,273836,273849,273850,273983,273986,273995,273997,273999,274006,274010,274012,274014,274025,274027,274049	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			5	273798,273804,273945,273970,273984	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	273914	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	13.3	12.3	88	273768,273785,273786,273787,273813,273818,273823,273859,273863,273865,273867,273868,273869,273870,273871,273872,273873,273874,273875,273876,273877,273878,273879,273880,273881,273882,273883,273884,273885,273886,273887,273888,273889,273890,273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920,273923,273924,273925,273926,273928,273929,273930,273931,273932,273933,273934,273935,273936,273937,273938,273939,273971,273972,273981,273995,273999,274006,274012,274014,274027	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	273813	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			7	273830,273995,273999,274006,274012,274014,274027	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	13.3	12.3	7	273770,273826,273944,273949,273981,273999,274036	5591
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb			1	273799	192
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			78	273799,273861,273863,273865,273867,273868,273869,273870,273871,273872,273873,273874,273875,273876,273877,273878,273879,273880,273881,273882,273883,273884,273885,273886,273887,273888,273889,273890,273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920,273923,273924,273925,273926,273927,273928,273929,273930,273931,273932,273933,273934,273935,273936,273937,273938,273939,273942,273967,273971,273972	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			78	273754,273764,273765,273767,273768,273770,273771,273772,273773,273774,273775,273776,273779,273780,273783,273784,273785,273786,273787,273790,273813,273867,273868,273869,273870,273871,273872,273873,273874,273875,273876,273877,273878,273879,273880,273881,273882,273883,273884,273885,273886,273887,273888,273889,273890,273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920,273940,274039,274040,274049	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	273861	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			2	273831,273986	397
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			54	273813,273867,273868,273869,273870,273871,273872,273873,273874,273875,273876,273877,273878,273879,273880,273881,273882,273883,273884,273885,273886,273887,273888,273889,273890,273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄			1	273799	247
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			2	273813,273949	1508
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)			1	273813	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	273967	17380
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)			1	273968	181
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	273824	2994
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	273864	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			62	273823,273830,273832,273834,273835,273836,273850,273861,273867,273868,273869,273870,273871,273872,273873,273874,273875,273876,273877,273878,273879,273880,273881,273882,273883,273884,273885,273886,273887,273888,273889,273890,273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920,273986	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			15	273759,273760,273762,273801,273802,273812,273813,273858,273952,273995,273999,274006,274012,274014,274027	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	273813	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			105	273754,273761,273765,273768,273771,273772,273773,273774,273775,273777,273778,273779,273784,273785,273786,273796,273797,273813,273819,273823,273826,273830,273831,273832,273834,273835,273849,273858,273861,273862,273865,273867,273868,273869,273870,273871,273872,273873,273874,273875,273876,273877,273878,273879,273880,273881,273882,273883,273884,273885,273886,273887,273888,273889,273890,273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920,273925,273927,273928,273929,273931,273932,273934,273937,273940,273944,273958,273963,273965,273970,273995,273997,274006,274010,274034,274039,274042	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	273952	1711
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅			1	273864	206
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			55	273861,273867,273868,273869,273870,273871,273872,273873,273874,273875,273876,273877,273878,273879,273880,273881,273882,273883,273884,273885,273886,273887,273888,273889,273890,273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920,273999	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	273813,273995	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	274049	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	273768,273813,274049	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			3	273824,273947,273970	2045
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	273986	337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	273869	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	273858	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			2	273963,273965	1476
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			1	273813	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	273813	1655

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-14890	13.3	12.3	12.8±0.5				sanidine	14890			Sanidine			183308	Red Bird No. 1-8 Occurrence, Iron Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

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