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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 34.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31.7

mindat Locality ID: 37486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Provo District, Wasatch Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Ironton Adit Occurrence
Ironton North Quarry
Ironton South Quarry
Lower Slate Canyon Quarry
Monarch Mine (Buckley Mine)
Provo Canyon
Squaw Peak
Three Sister Lime Quarry And Kiln

Latitude: 40°16'21"N
Longitude: 111°36'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.2725,-111.60444444444

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: Ag C Ca Fe Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteCalciteCorundumNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12784142793
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2278414,27841827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12784144979
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212784149895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS127841424243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127841414640
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127841439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212784103106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO234.131.7127841661156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12784142473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS127841421482



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-489934.131.732.9±1.2  biotite4899    211189Guardsman Pass, Provo Canyon, Provo District, Wasatch Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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