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Locality Name:
White Mountain, Beaver Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37612
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37612.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Mountain, Beaver Co., Utah, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
East White Mountain Prospect
Henry Schoo Prospect (White Mountain Mine)
Long Lick Prospect
Mercury Section 14 Mine
Prospect North Of Mertons Spring
Red Fox Claims (Grover Claims; Red Nugget)
Schoo Halloysite Occurrence
Schoo Kaolin Occurrence
South Grover Wash Prospect
Unknown U Occurrence [1]
West Long Lick Prospect
West White Mountain Prospect
Yellow Jackets Claims (Haloysite; A & S Claims)

Latitude: 38°18'16"N
Longitude: 113°19'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.304444444444,-113.31916666667
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 Ca Fe H K O P S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H K O P U V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteClayCorundumGypsumKaoliniteNoneQuartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Autunite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)63271638,271648,271649966
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O01184
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12716476890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127164814640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)45271637,271638,271641,271647,2716485591
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2127164161156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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