Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blue Ledge District (Bald Mountain), Wasatch Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37493
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37493.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Ledge District (Bald Mountain), Wasatch Co., Utah, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Glencoe Mine
Hawkeye-McHenry Mine
Heber City Mine
Mayflower Mine (Marcella Claim; Glencoe Mine; Star Tunnel; Keeler Tunnel; New Park Mine)
McHenry Mine
Ontario Drain Tunnel No. 2 Portal (Park-Utah Group)
Star Tunnel
Valeo Mine

Latitude: 40°37'11"N
Longitude: 111°28'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.619722222222,-111.46777777778

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Bornite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 C Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Malachite None Pyrite Quartz
Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	278489	5516
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	278486,278490,278493	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	278487,278489	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	278486,278487,278489,278490,278493	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	278486,278489,278490,278493	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	278493	14640
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	278491	98
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	278493	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	278487,278489	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	3	278486,278490,278493	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	278487	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	278489	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	278489	969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	278489	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	278489	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	278486,278487,278489,278490,278493	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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