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Locality Name:
Gold Springs District (Hamlin Valley), Iron Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37386
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37386.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Springs District (Hamlin Valley), Iron Co., Utah, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Adit South Of Independence Mine
Aetna Mine (Etna)
CIMA (Marietta; Stratton) Mine
E-1 Occurrence
E-2 Occurrence
Fast Prospects
Geode Deposit
Gold Springs
Homestake Mine
Independence Mine
Intersection Prospect
Jennie Mine
Jumbo Mine
Little Buck Mine
Lower Gold Springs Wash Prospect
Newels Spring Prospect
North Gold Springs Wash Prospect.
North Jumbo Adit Occurrence
North Section 26 Prospect
North Shaft Occurrence
Prospect South Of The Jenny Mine
Prospects North Of The Etna Mine
Prospects Northeast Of Gold Springs
Prospects Northwest Of Gold Springs
Section 23 Prospects
Shaft Northwest Of Gold Springs Occurrence
Snow Group
Snowflake Mine
South Etna Prospects
South Gold Springs Wash Prospects
South Jumbo Prospects
Unknown Prospect (MRDS - 10087127)
Upper Gold Springs Wash Prospect

Latitude: 37°53'50"N
Longitude: 114°2'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.897222222222,-114.03722222222
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 F Fe H Hg K O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousCalciteClayCopperCorundumFluorite
KaoliniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSulphur

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Mercury  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S6273823,273832,273834,273835,273836,2738502793
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7273823,273825,273826,273832,273834,273835,27384927770
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2273831,2738341382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12738303531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12738242600
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1273830363
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212738319617
Gold  (*)CopperAu10273823,273825,273826,273831,273832,273834,273835,273836,273849,27385030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127382314640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612738302228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412738265591
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1273831397
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12738242994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27273823,273830,273832,273834,273835,273836,27385039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28273823,273826,273830,273831,273832,273834,273835,27384961156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12738242045


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