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Locality Name:
Sanpete Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sanpete Co., Utah, USA": 62
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 39
Child Localities:
9 - Mile Stone Quarry (Nine Mile Stone Quarry)
Black Hill Limestone Quarry
Clay Prospect (MRDS - 10015523)
Dry Canyon
Ephriam
Fairview
Fayette Springs Gold Prospect
Gunnison
Gunnison Area
Gunnison Reservoir Limestone Prospect
Hot Spot & Cotton No. 1 Properties
Juab Valley
Little Pigeon Hollow Limestone Quarry No. 1
Losty Canyon
Manti
Mayfield
Mayfield Gypsum Deposit
Mayfield Kaolinite Deposit
Moroni Area
Mt. Pleasant
Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry No. 1
Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry No. 2
Pigeon Creek Limestone Quarry No. 3
Pigeon Hollow Limestone Prospect
R.A.J. Prospect
Redmond Area
San Pitch Mts
Sanpete
Santobar
Swedes Canyon Gravel Pit
Temple Hill Quarries
Twelve Mile Canyon
Utah Department Highways Pit No. 20033
Utah Department Highways Pit No. 20055
Utah Department Highways Pit No. 20062
Wales Tufa Deposit
White Hill Limestone Quarry No. 1
White Hill Stone Quarry No. 2
Witches Knoll NW Gravel Deposit

Latitude: 39°19'5"N
Longitude: 111°40'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.318055555556,-111.67638888889
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteAutuniteCalciteClayEpsomiteGypsumMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beidellite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12766782793
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)3276634,276654,2766811588
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12766641272
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O127663285
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3276637,276638,27667227770
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1276653484
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2276630,27667824243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3276634,276654,2766816890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl5276634,276667,276669,276671,2766811398
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212766305674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127663039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212766593106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22276658,27665961156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12766782473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2276630,27667821482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1276630589
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12766641059


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