Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wasatch Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 79.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31

mindat Locality ID: 36958
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36958.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wasatch Co., Utah, USA": 92
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 75

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Blue Ledge District (Bald Mountain)
Bonanza Flat
Clayton Peak
Deer Creek Area
Elkhorn District (E. Keetley)
Heber City Area
Heber Valley
Heber Valley Area
Keetley Area
King George Occurrence
Lady Long - Big Pole Area
Lake Creek Area
Lepord No. 1 Occurrence
Midway
Midway Area
Round Valley Area
Soapstone Basin Area
Soldier Summit District
Strawberry Area
Uinta Mts
Wasatch Mts
Wasatch Sand And Gravel No. 1

Latitude: 40°23'47"N
Longitude: 111°21'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.396388888889,-111.3625

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Ludwigite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
Natrolite	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clintonite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Ludwigite ()*
Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monticellite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Ludwigite Malachite Mica Molybdenite
Natrolite None Olivine Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

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			4	278545,278555,278558,278565	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	35	31	1	278557	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	35	31	1	278557	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	35	31	2	278509,278557	966
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	35	31	1	278557	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	278528	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			3	278489,278571,278573	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	44	36	6	278494,278495,278519,278539,278562,278575	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			8	278486,278490,278493,278499,278500,278501,278572,278575	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	278571,278573	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	35	31	9	278487,278489,278543,278545,278546,278557,278571,278573,278575	27198
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	278495	86
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	35	31	2	278509,278557	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	278495	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	278570,278573,278574	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	35	31	2	278495,278557	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	278529	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	278573	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			18	278486,278487,278489,278490,278493,278499,278500,278501,278543,278545,278546,278553,278555,278558,278562,278565,278572,278575	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	44	36	1	278539	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			9	278486,278489,278490,278493,278499,278500,278501,278545,278575	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	278569	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			4	278493,278510,278532,278562	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	35	31	2	278509,278557	5591
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)			1	278495	134
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄			1	278491	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	44	31	5	278495,278532,278539,278557,278573	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	44	36	3	278493,278539,278562	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	35	31	1	278557	5800
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)			1	278495	153
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	35	31	2	278509,278557	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	35	31	3	278494,278557,278569	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			2	278495,278569	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	35	31	8	278487,278489,278546,278555,278557,278558,278565,278575	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	278531,278533	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			4	278486,278490,278493,278572	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	35	31	1	278557	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	35	31	6	278487,278555,278557,278558,278562,278565	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	278489	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	278489	969
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O			1	278495	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	278489	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	278489	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			13	278486,278487,278489,278490,278493,278543,278545,278546,278555,278558,278565,278572,278575	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	278495	1934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			8	278499,278500,278501,278553,278555,278558,278565,278575	5317
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	278495	1395

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Source	Sample Num	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 ID
NAVDAT-4905	44	36	40±4		4905			181077	Copper Queen Prospects, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-4906	44	36	40±4		4906			181077	Copper Queen Prospects, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-4912	36	34	35±1		4912			182770	Murdock Hollow NE Adit Occurrence, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-4913	36	34	35±1		4913			182770	Murdock Hollow NE Adit Occurrence, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-4914	36	34	35±1		4914			182770	Murdock Hollow NE Adit Occurrence, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-4915	36	34	35±1		4915			182770	Murdock Hollow NE Adit Occurrence, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
PorphCu-00204	35	31	35–31			Actinolite, Albite, Alunite, Augite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite	Cu	183025	Park Premier Shaft, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA	Park Premier	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
NAVDAT-4907	79.7	70.1	74.9±4.8	plagioclase	4907			183782	Sphinx Prospect, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-4908	45.1	36.9	41±4.1		4908			183782	Sphinx Prospect, Park City District, Wasatch Mts, Wasatch Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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