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Locality Name:
Newfoundland District, Newfoundland Mts, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37342
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37342.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newfoundland District, Newfoundland Mts, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Copper Ridge Mine
Desert Flower
Desert Flower No. 1 Mine (Pact Rat Canyon Prospect)
Desert Peak
King Extension
Mineral Monarch Mine
Newfoundland Copper Mine (Copper Flat)
Newfoundland Marble
Pack Rat Canyon
Pack Rat Tremolite Occurrence
Pocahontas Group
Rocky Mountain Copper Company
Sun Uranium Prospect
Terrace Mountain 3 NE Gravel Occurrence
Unknown Copper - Bismuth (MRDS - 10020136)
Unknown Granite Occurrence (MRDS - 10020134)
Unnamed Barium-Barite Deposit (MRDS - 10020135)
Unnamed Gold Deposit (MRDS - 10108562)
Utah Silver Mining Company
White Rock Claims

Latitude: 41°12'3"N
Longitude: 113°21'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.200833333333,-113.35
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi C O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAragoniteBaryteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteGarnet
MalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteStibnite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312718581534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212718565509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)127187211547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42271856,2718625516
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1271862925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23271856,271858,27186427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12718563531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12718612970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23271863,271865,2718759895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12718578173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312718581544
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23271856,271861,27186212537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2127185817380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1271857494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23271856,271858,27186239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2127185861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4271857,271858,271859,2718644894
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22271865,2718752562


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