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:
Salt Valley Area, Thompsons District (S. E. Thomsons), Grand Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37942
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37942.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salt Valley Area, Thompsons District (S. E. Thomsons), Grand 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.

Carnallite	Copper	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Rutile

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 C Ca Cl Cu H K Mg Mn Na O S

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Carnallite Copper Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Rutile

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Malachite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Sylvite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	132
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	102
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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