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Locality Name:
North Tintic District (Boulder District; Caledonia District; Oasis District), Boulder Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37473
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37473.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Tintic District (Boulder District; Caledonia District; Oasis District), Boulder Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Barlow Canyon West Prospects
Bell Canyon Prospects
Black Rock-Barlow Prospect
Boulter Summit North Claim
Central Black Rock Canyon Prospects
Central Miners Canyon Prospects
East Barlow Canyon Prospects
Edwards Canyon South Prospects
Edwards Canyon West Prospects
Kramer Manganese Mine (International No. 2 Claim)
Mill Canyon Pass Prospect
Mill Canyon West Prospects
Miners Canyon West Prospects
NE Barlow Canyon Prospects
New Bullion Mine (Balhinch Mine)
New Bullion Mine Southern Workings (Balhinch Mine)
North Scranton Prospects
Rainbow Marble Claims 1 And 2
Scranton Group Mines (Magazine; Del Monte; Grand Cross; Cole; Biddlecom; Essex)
South Topliff Hill Prospects
Tintic - Humbolt Property
West Edwards Canyon Mine

Latitude: 40°2'28"N
Longitude: 112°12'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.041111111111,-112.20027777778
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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCorundumNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2276950,2769542734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61276954919
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2276939,27695727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2276950,2769544979
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25276942,276946,276949,276950,2769559895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3276950,276952,27695424243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127695514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2276950,2769541689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612769541066
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22276950,27695439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12769541725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2127695461156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3276949,276950,2769542473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2276950,27695421482


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