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Locality Name:
Cache Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36951
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36951.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cache Co., Utah, USA": 54
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Bear River Range
Cedar And Copper Lodes
Hoffman Claims
Hyrum Area (Blacksmith Fork)
La Plata Area (Davenport Creek)
La Var A. Mohr Occurrence
Lodge Campground Occurrence
Logan Area (Logan Canyon)
Norman Peterson Occurrence
Smithfield Area
Theron M. Campbell Occurrence
Wasatch Mts
Wellsville Canyon (Sardine Canyon)

Latitude: 41°43'45"N
Longitude: 111°43'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.729166666667,-111.72555555556

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCopperCorundumEnargiteKaoliniteMalachite
MarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelWurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)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)12721132734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212721135509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3272111,272134,27215611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7272112,272115,272117,272128,272134,272156,27216327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4272113,272138,272143,2721484979
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12721462970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)26272111,272112,272127,272128,272131,2721569895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41272156910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13272111,272112,272113,272124,272126,272127,272134,272135,272138,272140,272142,272146,27215624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu127213630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34272117,272121,272136,27215714640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612721342228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412721485591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4127215714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)28272113,272114,272126,272128,272135,272140,272141,27215612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212721345674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22272111,27211239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212721373106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22272121,27214561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4272111,272112,272121,2721346417
Silver  (*)CopperAg4272135,272138,272140,2721435186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)6272127,272135,272136,272138,272148,2721562473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4272127,272134,272135,27215621482



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