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Locality Name:
Columbia District, Sheeprock Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37466
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37466.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Columbia District, Sheeprock Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Benmore Mine (April Shower; Larsen - Winberg)
Dry Canyon Prospect
Hickman Canyon Mining And Development Company Prospect (Bear Fork Prospect)
Hilltop Mine (Silver Hill Top 1-5 Claims)
Indian Hickman Canyon Copper Prospect
Iron King Mine
New Erie
Sharp Mine (Lawrence Sharp Mine; Mary L Claim; Victor Claim; Benmore Mine; Larson-Winberg Mine)
Sheeprock Area Occurrence
Sheeprock Beryl Prospects (Blue Beauty Claims)
Sultana Mine
Utah Prospect (White Rat Prospect; Sheeprock Fluorite Claims)
Victor Claim

Latitude: 40°8'12"N
Longitude: 112°33'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.136666666667,-112.56388888889
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 Au Be C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBerylChalcopyriteCopperCorundumFluoriteMalachiteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812775974286
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2277585,2775954979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127759927198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23277585,277595,2775999617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5277585,277588,277591,277595,27759824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu127759830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O38277588,277589,277590,277591,277592,277593,277598,27759914640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4127759314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23277586,277589,27759912537
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61277588477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23277585,277595,27759839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23277585,277589,2775953106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27277585,277588,277592,277595,277597,277598,27759961156
Silver  (*)CopperAg3277585,277595,2775985186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2277585,27759521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312775865317


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