Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 37344
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37344.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Promontory District, Promontory Mts, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Big Pine Mining Properties (Big Piney)
Cedar Ridge Mining Company Occurrence
Complex Tunnel
Jay Hawks Occurrence (Lead Hill East Mine)
Lakeside Copper Company
Lakeview Mine
Lead Hill Mine
Little Valley No. 2 Adit Occurrence
North Side Mine
Pete's Tunnel
Promontory Point
Promontory Zinc Company Occurrence
Southern No. 1 Gravel Pit (Utah Department Of Highways Pit No. 02068)
Spelter Tunnel
Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10015743)
Sunshine Mining Properties (Lead Hill)
Unknown Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10088318)
Unknown Silver - Zinc - Lead (MRDS - 10015632)
Unknown Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10088319)
Unknown Stone Quarry (MRDS - 10098009)
Unknown Zinc - Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10015647)
Utah Department Of Highways Pit No. 02068
Volunteer Gulch Incline
Volunteer Mine

Latitude: 41°15'6"N
Longitude: 112°28'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.251666666667,-112.47138888889

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Variscite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	271954,271959,271960,271971,271977	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	271959,271960,271962,271977	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	271954,271959,271960,271971,271977	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	6	271954,271959,271960,271962,271969,271977	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	271958,271959,271960,271962,271977	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	271958	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	271954,271957,271959,271960,271971,271977	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	271957	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	271959,271960,271962,271977	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	271959,271960,271962,271977	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	271954,271957,271959,271960,271971,271977	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	6	271954,271955,271959,271960,271971,271977	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	271955	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	271959,271960,271962,271970,271977	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	271959,271960,271962,271977	39462
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	7	271954,271955,271959,271960,271962,271971,271977	2473
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	271964	301

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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