Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gemini Mine, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 32
Youngest recorded age at locality: 32

mindat Locality ID: 38155
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38155.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gemini Mine, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab 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	Copper	Covellite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pearceite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As C Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Copper Covellite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Polybasite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	32	32	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	32	32	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	32	32	5509
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	32	32	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	32	32	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	32	32	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	32	32	24243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	32	32	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	32	32	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	32	32	5674
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	32	32	249
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	32	32	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	32	32	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	32	32	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	32	32	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00496	32	32	32							Yes				4192	Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA	Tintic–East Tintic	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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