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Locality Name:
North Tintic District (Caledonia District; Oasis District), East Tintic Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 32
Youngest recorded age at locality: 32

mindat Locality ID: 37490
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37490.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Tintic District (Caledonia District; Oasis District), East Tintic Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 43

Number of Child Localities: 43
Child Localities:
Allens Ranch Prospect No. 2
Allens Ranch Prospect No. 3
Bingham Mines Company? Adits
Bismark Peak South Prospects
Bismark Peak SW Prospects
Black Rock Canyon Pass Prospects
Blowhole Hill Property
Bluff Shaft Occurrence
Chimney Rock Pass Prospects
Chiulos Canyon Shale Locality Occurrence
Deprezin Property
Eureka Comstock Prospects (North Colorado Shaft)
Farragut Prospect (Admiral Farragut Claims)
Fremont Canyon
Fremont Canyon Adits Occurrence (Graphite And Hermione Claims)
Greeley Group
Hot Stuff Prospect
Lehi-Tintic Mine (Gold Blossom Mine; Nichols Adit; Lehi Tintic Mining Company)
M. E. Whitely Shaft Occurrence
Mary E. Whitely Prospects
Myrtle Claims
Norman Tintic Group
North Standard Mine (North Standard Clay Pit)
North Tintic Claims (North Tintic Mining & Milling Company)
NW Gardison Ridge Prospects
Oxen Mine
Rattlesnake Canyon NW Workings Prospect
Rattlesnake Pass Prospects
Selma Mine
Silver Dollar Mine Prospect (Eureka Deluxe)
Stroud Prospect
Tintic Bower Group
Tintic Davis Prospects (Tintic Davis Mining Company)
Tintic Empire Mine
Tintic Humbolt Occurrence
Tintic Paymaster Mine
Tip Top Tunnel (Chief Consolidated Mining Company)
Unidentified Occurrence (North End Claims; MRDS - 10095616)
Unidentified Occurrence (Prospects On Selma Fault Zone; MRDS - 10042149)
Unidentified Occurrence (Swanson Spring Prospect; MRDS - 10042146)
Upper Rattlesnake Canyon Workings Occurrence
Wanlass Hill SE Prospect
Wanlass Hill West Prospects

Latitude: 40°1'23"N
Longitude: 112°5'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.023055555556,-112.09416666667

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: Al Au C Ca Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCopperCorundumKaoliniteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)32324278082,278093,278098,2781002734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)32324278092,278096,278105,2781073250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3232127807027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)32325278070,278082,278093,278098,2781004979
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2323213278064,278065,278068,278072,278079,278080,278087,278089,278092,278095,278103,278104,2781079895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS32326278070,278082,278085,278098,278099,27810024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3232127809730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33232127809314640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4323212781015591
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS232326278071,278082,278093,278098,278100,27810139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO232328278065,278069,278070,278078,278088,278090,278101,2781053106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO232326278078,278082,278090,278098,278100,27810161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3232127808521482



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
sedznpb-00496323232     Yes  4192Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USATintic–East TinticSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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