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


mindat Locality ID: 37487
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37487.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santaquin District, Wasatch Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Black Balsam Vein
Blue Eagle Prospect (New Deal)
Brownstone Adit Occurrence (Santaquin Central Adit)
Bullock Mine
Copper Bullion Prospect
Delsa
El Dorado Mine
Elsie Jane Drift (Nelson Mine)
Golden Leaf
Golden Relief Claims
Goshen Hill Limestone Quarries
Green Canyon Middle Adit No. 1 Occurrence
Jewel No. 9 Occurrence
Julie Nos. 1-3; 5; 8; And 20 Occurrence
Maple Dell NE Workings Occurrence
Midnight Claim Group (Neegley Shaft; Wasatch Mining And Milling Company Workings)
Oldroyd Calcite Quarry
Sally Ann Prospect
Santaquin Central Tunnel
Spring Lake Adit Occurrence
SW Maple Dell Workings Occurrence
Union Chief Mine
Unknown Limestone Mine (MRDS - 10203736)
White Dragon

Latitude: 39°58'48"N
Longitude: 111°44'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.98,-111.74777777778

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumFluoriteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSulphur

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)127844111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5278420,278421,278436,278439,27844127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2278421,2784414979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25278420,278422,278424,278437,27843827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12784411382
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12784372970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22278423,2784349895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212784209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4278420,278423,278427,27844124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu127842930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33278424,278438,27844114640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24278420,278424,278431,27843712537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24278420,278422,278424,27843839462
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12784412045
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1278421605



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