Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Volunteer Mine, Promontory District, Promontory Mts, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37705
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37705.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Volunteer Mine, Promontory District, Promontory Mts, Box Elder Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite

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: Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Smithsonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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