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Locality Name:
Miners Basin District, North Mountain, La Sal Mts, Grand Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37382
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37382.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miners Basin District, North Mountain, La Sal Mts, Grand Co., Utah, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Day And Peterson Claims
Dewey Mine
Dillon Mine
Double Standard Shaft; Adit Occurrence
Florence No. 1 And 2 Adits Occurrence
High Ore Mine
M.I.F. Mine
McCormick Mine
Moab No. 1 Mine
Placer Creek
Skylark Mine
Tornado Deposit
Unknown No. 4 Occurrence (MRDS - 10078565)
Unknown No. 5 Occurrence (MRDS - 10078566)
West Slope Mine

Latitude: 38°32'20"N
Longitude: 109°14'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.538888888889,-109.23944444444
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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeFluoriteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSpinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Halite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)23273381,273383,2733863419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22273385,2733885509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412733855516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3273381,273385,27338727770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O12733941184
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25273381,273382,273385,273388,27339027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3273381,273385,2733903531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22273381,2733859617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12733857437
Gold  (*)CopperAu9273382,273383,273384,273386,273387,273389,273390,273391,27339430554
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl12733821398
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O64273381,273383,273385,273386741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33273380,273381,27338514640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4127338014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27273380,273381,273382,273383,273385,273387,27338812537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29273381,273382,273383,273385,273386,273388,273390,273391,27339439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27273381,273383,273385,273387,273390,273391,27339461156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12733876417


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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