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Locality Name:
Great Salt Lake, Davis Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37751
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37751.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Great Salt Lake, Davis Co., Utah, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Antelope Island

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl H Mg Na O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBlöditeChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelSulphur

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Blödite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Epidote  (*)Glauberite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mirabilite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sulphur  (*)Thénardite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12722508803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312722502353
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212722505509
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O0130
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127225027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12722503531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12722508173
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)20137
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312722501544
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127225014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4127225014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2127225012537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12722504924
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O0223
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2127225061156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12722502045
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)0299
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1272250652
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12722501025


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