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Locality Name:
Ashbrook District, Grouse Creek Mts, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37339
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37339.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ashbrook District, Grouse Creek Mts, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Ashbrook-Vipont Mine
Bovine Mine
Dolly Clark Mine
High Grade Claim
Homestake Mine
Liberty Bell Group
Midway Tunnel Occurrence
Peg Leg Mine (Idaho-Utah Mine)
Sentinel Group
Skoro Mine (Sullivan Tunnel)
Sullivan - Harrison Occurrence (Francis X - Midway)
Sunset Mine
Vipont Mine

Latitude: 41°58'16"N
Longitude: 113°51'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.971111111111,-113.85638888889

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArgyroditeArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteGarnetMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOrpiment
PolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Pearceite  (*)Powellite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S8271750,271751,271752,271753,271754,271755,271757,2717582793
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312717471534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12717582734
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6127175862
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12717589052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61271758919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212717585509
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12717584979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12717585707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127175827198
Copper  (*)CopperCu2271754,2717583846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12717584165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12717582970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12717478173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS127175824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5271751,271753,271754,271756,27175830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127175814640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2127175812537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12717581107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2127175817380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31271758511
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]1271758249
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1271747494
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31271758733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS312717581425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25271748,271753,271755,271756,27175839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212717583106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2127175861156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1271758712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12717581711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21271758454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12717474894
Silver  (*)CopperAg10271748,271750,271751,271752,271753,271754,271755,271756,271757,2717585186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS127175821482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312717581803



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