Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tecoma Hill, Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37685
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37685.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tecoma Hill, Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Tecoma Hill No. 15 Mine
Tecoma Hill North Occurrence
Tecoma Hill South (Independence; Empire)
Tecoma Mine (Old Tecoma Mine)

Latitude: 41°14'51"N
Longitude: 114°2'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.2475,-114.03638888889

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu H O Pb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	271937,271940	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	3	271937,271939,271940	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		919
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	271937,271939,271940	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	271940	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	271937,271940	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	271938,271939	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	271940	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	271938,271940	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	271938,271939	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	271939	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	271937,271940	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	271940	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	271937,271940	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	271937	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	271937,271938,271939,271940	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	271937	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	271939	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	271937,271940	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	271938,271939	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	271937,271938,271940	17380
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	0		158
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	271937,271939	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	271940	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	271940	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	271939,271940	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	271937	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	271937,271939,271940	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	271937,271940	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3	271937,271939,271940	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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