Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 37467
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37467.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Erickson District, Sheeprock Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Climax
Consolidated Lela Prospect
Copper Jack Mine
Dolomite Quarry (MRDS - 10019977)
Dutch Peak Mine (Park-Utah Mine)
Ekker Canyon Prospect
Flintkote Quarry (Utah Lime And Stone Quarry; McBride And Hyder Quarry)
Flying Dutchman Mine (Silver Shield)
Golden Glebe
Green's Ridge
Hard-to-Beat Canyon
Humdinger Group (Lead-Ore Mining Company)
Indianapolis Mine
Jessel Bezzel Mine
Last Chance Deposit
Lead Queen Prospect (Lead Ore Mine; Humdinger Group)
Little Mountain Quarry
Monte Carlo Mine (Mla 49-87)
Reeder Prospects
Salt Lake & Mamie Claims (Utah Bunker Hill Mining Company)
Sheeprock Canyon
Silver King Mine
South Pine Canyon
Three Picks Claims
Tintic-Delaware Mine (Free Coinage Mine)
Unknown Mercury Occurrence (MRDS - 10088612)
Unknown Zinc Occurrence (Mla 49-87; MRDS - 10155060)
Utah Bunker Hill Mine (Salt Lake And Mamie Claims)
Utah Department Highways Gravel Pit 23069
Utah Lime And Stone Company Quarries (Flux Quarry; South Flux Quarry)
White Quail Claim

Latitude: 40°38'12"N
Longitude: 112°36'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.636666666667,-112.60361111111

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Topaz	Turquoise

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Topaz ()*	Turquoise ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Nb O P Pb S Si U W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Topaz Turquoise

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	277617	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	277615	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	277623	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	277612,277622	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	277617	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	277617	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	277604,277609,277612,277622,277623	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	277604,277609,277615	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	277608,277617,277619,277627,277631	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	277604,277609,277612,277622,277623	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	277606,277614,277617,277619,277620,277626	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	277603	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	277614	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	277603,277604,277609,277614,277623,277625,277626	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	277624	469
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	277603,277611,277624	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	277604,277609,277615	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	277626	17380
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	277617,277619	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	277604,277606,277609,277611,277612,277614,277622,277623,277626	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	277604,277609,277623	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	277604,277607,277609,277614,277617,277623,277626	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	3	277612,277622,277623	353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	277611,277622	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	277614,277626	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	277612	1476
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	3	277604,277609,277615	484
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	5	277604,277609,277612,277622,277623	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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