Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dry Canyon Area, Ophir District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37510
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37510.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dry Canyon Area, Ophir District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Brooklyn Mine
Deseret Mine
Kearsarge Mine
Mono Mine (Ophir-Mono Coalition; Madison Mines; Mono-Kearsarge Consolidated Mine)
Queen Of The Hills Mine (Mahogany; Flavilla)
Surprise Mine (Ophir Mono Coalition; Queen Of The West Group)
Treasure Hill Mines Company
Treasure Hill Mines Company Mine (Morgan Tunnel And Bullion Tunnel; Thad Stevens Mine; Selah Chamberlain Claims)

Latitude: 40°23'26"N
Longitude: 112°16'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.390555555556,-112.26972222222

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brackebuschite	Brochantite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Natrochalcite	None
Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Adamite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsentsumebite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*
Duftite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hessite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tsumcorite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Cu H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brackebuschite Brochantite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Fluorite Garnet Malachite Natrochalcite None
Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	277453	2793
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	277452	254
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	277450	2162
Arsentsumebite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Cu(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)	1	277450	37
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	277450	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	277448,277450,277451,277452	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	2	277450,277452	172
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	277450,277452	413
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	277450	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	277448,277450,277451,277452	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	277450,277451,277453	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	2	277450,277451	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	277451	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	277450	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	277450	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	277449,277456	4135
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	2	277450,277452	220
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	277452	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	277450,277451,277452,277453,277456	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	277448,277449,277450,277451,277452,277453	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	277450	1689
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	277450	804
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	277450,277451	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	277448,277450,277451,277452	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	277450,277452	1107
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	277449	306
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	277450	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	277451,277452,277456	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	277450,277452	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	277450	454
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	277448,277451	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	277448,277450,277452	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	277450	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	277451,277452,277456	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	277451	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	277452	5317
Tsumcorite ()*	Natrochalcite	PbZn₂(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	277452	29
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	277456	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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