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:
Pioche Pit Orebody, Granite Mountain, Iron Springs District (Iron And Granite Mountains & Three Peaks), Iron Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 38050
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38050.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pioche Pit Orebody, Granite Mountain, Iron Springs District (Iron And Granite Mountains & Three Peaks), 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

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Diopside ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg Na O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Corundum Feldspar Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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