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Locality Name:
Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 282114
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282114.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Colorado No. 1 Mine

Latitude: 39°56'10"N
Longitude: 112°5'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.936111111111,-112.09472222222

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: As Ba C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCovelliteGeocroniteNonePharmacosideriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12781092734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)127810911547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12781094979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12781095707
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12781094165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS127810924243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231278109133
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612781092228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4127810914899
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1278109428
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2127810961156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O12781091153
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12781092473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS127810921482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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