Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Alpine District, Wasatch Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37484
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37484.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alpine District, Wasatch Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Alpine - West Of
Alpine-Galena Property
Lucky Chance Mine
M Workings Occurrence (Morning Star A And Morning Star B Claims)
Preston Canyon Prospect
Smooth Canyon Prospect
Upper Box Elder Canyon Prospect

Latitude: 40°27'37"N
Longitude: 111°44'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.460277777778,-111.73666666667

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Calcite Clay Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	278358	2793
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	278359	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	278358	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	278363	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	278358,278359	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	278363	1689
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	278359	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	278359	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	278357	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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