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Locality Name:
Carbonate District, Uinta Mts, Uintah Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37480.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carbonate District, Uinta Mts, Uintah Co., Utah, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Brush Creek Mines
Brush Creek Mines (Brush Creek Cave Prospect)
Carbonate-Dyer Mine
Dyer Mine
Jesse Ewing Mine
Kane Hollow Gravel Pit
Little Brush Creek Prospects
Pope Iron Mine
Red Creek
Silver King Mine
Unknown Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10015156)
Unknown Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10094726)
Willow Creek Prospect (Bartholomew)

Latitude: 40°44'3"N
Longitude: 109°33'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.734166666667,-109.55833333333

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 Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteCorundumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24277955,277956,277960,2779645509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412779555516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2277952,27796127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12779614979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12779555707
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3277952,277958,27796124243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33277955,277959,27796114640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27277955,277956,277960,277961,277962,277963,27796412537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127795539462
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2277952,2779612473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2277952,27796121482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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