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:
Granite Mountain District, Granite Mountain, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37469
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37469.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Granite Mountain District, Granite Mountain, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Blue Bell Mine
Cannon Tank Mine
Desert Mine
El Dorado Mine
Mountain Queen Mine
Unnamed Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10087513)
Unnamed Fluorine-Fluorite - Copper Prospect (MRDS - 10012154)

Latitude: 40°8'44"N
Longitude: 113°17'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.145555555556,-113.28888888889

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.

Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Zircon

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na Nb O Pb S Si Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5	277264,277265,277266,277267,277268	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	277264	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	277264,277265,277266,277267,277268	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	6	277264,277265,277266,277267,277268,277270	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	277264,277265,277266,277267,277268	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	277266,277267,277268	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	277264,277266,277267,277268	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	277264,277265,277266,277267,277268,277270	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	277264	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	277264	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	277266,277267,277268	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	277264,277266,277267,277268,277270	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	277264	353
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	277264	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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