Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Carbonate Mine (Homeward Bound Tunnel; Kessler Mining Company), Big Cottonwood District, Wasatch Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 38383
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38383.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carbonate Mine (Homeward Bound Tunnel; Kessler Mining Company), Big Cottonwood District, Wasatch Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°37'22"N
Longitude: 111°40'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.622777777778,-111.66722222222

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Calcite	Diaspore	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: Ag C Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Calcite Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Rutile

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Smithsonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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