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Locality Name:
Morgan Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36948
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36948.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morgan Co., Utah, USA": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Alice Mawle Mine
Devils Slide Area
Morgan Area
Round Valley
Sheepherd Valley
Wasatch Mts

Latitude: 41°6'16"N
Longitude: 111°40'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.104444444444,-111.66916666667

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si U Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiaspore
FluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
SpinelZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2274984,2749852734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)26274979,274996,274997,274998,274999,2750015509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2274984,27498511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2274984,27499327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2274984,2749854979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22274993,27499927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12749993531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12749993846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12749992970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212750039895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3274984,274985,27498724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12749937437
Gold  (*)CopperAu6274996,274997,274998,274999,275001,27500230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33274992,274993,27500314640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63274973,274984,2749852228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4127499314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)28274973,274979,274996,274997,274998,274999,275001,27500212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24274996,274997,274998,2750015674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212749905800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2127500417380
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61274984477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27274984,274985,274987,274996,274997,274998,27500139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2127500461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg12750025186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2274984,2749852473
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO12749991101
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212749902718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1274990939



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