Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Old Telegraph Mine, Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 40.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 32.6

mindat Locality ID: 38443
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38443.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Old Telegraph Mine, Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake 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	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt

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 Cu Fe H O Pb S

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Malachite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	37.27	36.73	5509
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	40.2	32.6	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	37.27	36.73	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	37.27	36.73	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	40.2	32.6	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	37.27	36.73	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	37.27	36.73	12537

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	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
Mo-00124	40.2	32.6		K-Ar, U-Th-He	Yes	Molybdenite	Mo	11572	Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA	Bingham	Warnaars et al. (1978); Arehart et al. (2003); Singer et al. (2005)
PorphCu-00040	37.27	36.73	37.0±0.27	Re-Os	Yes	Actinolite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Digenite, Diopside, Enargite, Epidote, Gold, Gypsum, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Siderite, Wollastonite	Cu	11572	Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA	Bingham	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
AJES44_373-00002	39	39	39		Yes		Au	4181	Bingham Canyon Mine (Bingham Canyon Deposit; Kennecott Mine; Bingham Copper Mine; Utah Copper Mine), Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA	Bingham	Sillitoe (1997)	10.1080/08120099708728318	AJES44_373
sedznpb-00471	39	33	39–33		Yes			38450	Lark Mine, Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA	Lark	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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