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Locality Name:
Silver Lake District, Wasatch Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37488
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37488.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Lake District, Wasatch Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
American Fork Occurrence
Austin Prospect
Big Dane No. 1 Occurrence
Deer Creek
Deer Creek NE Prospects
Earl-Eagle Tunnel
Hope No. 1 Prospect
Mayday Extension Claim
Metals Coalition Mining Company Mine
Milkmaid Mine
Nebraska
Nebraska Hill East Mine
Nebraska Hill South Mine
Ontario Mine
Silver Creek
Silver Creek North Mine
Silver Creek South Workings Occurrence
Silver Glance Lake SE Adits Occurrence
Silver Glance Lake Shore Pit
Silver Lake NE Adits No. 1 Occurrence
Silver Lake NE Adits No. 2 Occurrence
U. S. Prospect
Wasatch King

Latitude: 40°31'15"N
Longitude: 111°39'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.520833333333,-111.65888888889
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 Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAragoniteBaryteBerylBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumEpidoteGarnetMolybdeniteNonePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteWollastoniteZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brucite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Periclase  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2278454,2784582793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22278454,2784583419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32278454,2784591534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2278454,2784582734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2278454,27845811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412784545516
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)22278448,278459462
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2278454,2784584979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22278454,27845827198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O182278448,2784591008
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2278454,2784598173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3278454,278458,27846024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3278448,278454,27845830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC2278448,2784592812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32278454,2784591544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32278448,27845914640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42278448,27845914899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22278448,2784535800
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO2278448,278459114
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212784481898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22278454,27845839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23278448,278453,27845961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4278448,278452,278453,2784544894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2278448,2784596417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS127845821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132278454,2784585317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12784484899
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312784481247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2278454,2784595251


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