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Locality Name:
Beaver Lake District, Beaver Lake Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 28
Youngest recorded age at locality: 28

mindat Locality ID: 37326
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37326.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beaver Lake District, Beaver Lake Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44

Number of Child Localities: 43
Child Localities:
Bat Ridge Deposit
Beaver Copper Mine
Beaver Gold & Copper Company
Beaver Lake-OK Mine
Beaver Metals
Beaver-Harrison Mine
Black Rock Mine
Capitol
Copper Mountain Mine
Dexter (Mountain King)
Flats Shafts Occurrence
Galena Mine (Independent Silver Mine)
Gleave Prospect (High Grade; Squater's Rights)
Iron Mountain Pass Deposits
Larkspur
Milford-Utah
Norma No. 3 Claim
North Star Mine (Pilot Hill Etc; Alices; Several Pat. Claims Inc: Randy)
OK Mine (Milford Pit)
San Francisco Mine
Silver Streak Nos. 1-15 Occurrence
Skylark Mine
South Beaver Prospect
Success
Tunnel Spring Mine
Unknown Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10021125)
Unknown Mine (MRDS - 10101633)
Unknown Prospect (MRDS - 10010593)
Unknown Prospect (MRDS - 10011296)
Unknown Prospect (MRDS - 10011304)
Unknown Prospect (MRDS - 10087251)
Unknown Prospect (MRDS - 10101631)
Unknown Prospects (MRDS - 10011303)
Unknown Shaft Occurrence (MRDS - 10011295)
Unnamed Copper Prospect
Unnamed Iron Prospect
Unnamed Mine
Unnamed Prospect
Unnamed Shafts And Prospects
Utah-United
Ute Mine
Velvet 1-3 Claims
West Spring

Latitude: 38°31'1"N
Longitude: 113°7'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.516944444444,-113.11888888889

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Baryte	Brochantite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Humite	Kaolinite	Ludwigite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Ludwigite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Plancheite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Szaibélyite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Baryte Brochantite Brucite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Humite Kaolinite Ludwigite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Plancheite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Spinel Zircon

41 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	28	28	1	271177	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	28	28	0		1310
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	28	28	5	271158,271162,271167,271177,271180	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	28	28	1	271177	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	28	28	3	271162,271163,271177	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	28	28	1	271177	1633
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			1	271201	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			8	271157,271180,271181,271183,271186,271191,271194,271201	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	28	28	1	271177	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	28	28	3	271162,271163,271177	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	28	28	5	271162,271171,271177,271180,271181	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	28	28	7	271162,271167,271169,271171,271177,271180,271181	3531
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂			1	271201	236
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	28	28	3	271162,271177,271180	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	28	28	2	271162,271177	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	28	28	3	271162,271177,271180	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	28	28	0		481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	271180	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			6	271161,271170,271176,271188,271190,271191	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	28	28	4	271170,271177,271199,271201	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	271170	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	271180,271194	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			12	271165,271167,271172,271175,271179,271180,271183,271186,271191,271194,271199,271201	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	28	28	1	271177	5591
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)			1	271201	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	28	28	6	271157,271165,271167,271177,271180,271184	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	28	28	23	271158,271162,271163,271164,271167,271169,271171,271175,271176,271177,271179,271180,271181,271183,271186,271187,271189,271190,271191,271192,271193,271199,271200	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	28	28	2	271162,271177	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	28	28	2	271177,271180	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	28	28	1	271177	2349
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	28	28	0		74
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	28	28	2	271162,271177	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	28	28	6	271158,271162,271171,271177,271180,271181	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	271179	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	28	28	10	271162,271169,271177,271179,271181,271183,271186,271191,271193,271200	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	28	28	1	271177	5614
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	271170	2473
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)			1	271201	87
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	271180	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	271180	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	28	28	1	271177	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	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 DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00025	28	28	28									Actinolite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite	Cu	8064	OK Mine (Milford Pit), Beaver Lake District, Beaver Lake Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA	OK	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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