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Locality Name:
Daggett Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36950
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36950.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daggett Co., Utah, USA": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Alteration Prospect
Bender Mtn
Bender Mtn Area
Birch Creek Deposit
Browns Park Area
Crouse Canyon Area
Daggett Chief Property
Dutch John Area
Flaming Gorge Reservoir
Galloway Creek Prospects
Gorge Creek
Goslin Mtn Area
Green River Area
Jesse Ewing Canyon
Manila Area
O-Wi-Yu-Kuts Mts
Red Creek (Browns Park)
Spring Creek Deposit (Antelope Flat Deposits)
Uinta Mts
Western Phosphate

Latitude: 40°55'35"N
Longitude: 109°16'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.926388888889,-109.27972222222

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 Au Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteBaryteBerylBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteGarnetMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz
RutileStauroliteVolborthite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32272227,2722322353
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21272232718
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212722275509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2272187,27218911547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812722324286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42272212,2722275516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612722271633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3272212,272226,27222727770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O12722271184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2272212,2722275707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127222727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12722123531
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25272215,272216,272218,272221,2722249895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12722128173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12722312740
Gold  (*)CopperAu4272201,272204,272210,27222730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O37272191,272197,272199,272207,272212,272227,27223214640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24272191,272199,272226,27222712537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1272197770
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22272227,27223217380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2272227,2722322994
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23272197,272217,2722283106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23272212,272226,27222761156
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)3272226,272227,272232978
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1272227628
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O1272227155



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