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Locality Name:
Escalante Mine (Holt Property), Escalante District (Mt. Escalante), Iron Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37987
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37987.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Escalante Mine (Holt Property), Escalante District (Mt. Escalante), Iron 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

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCopperCorundumDescloizite
FluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakiteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteVivianite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Descloizite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)0378
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO40303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655



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