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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

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: 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: 
AragoniteChalcopyriteCopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupRocksalt

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)237.2736.7305509
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)40.232.604979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S37.2736.7305707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS237.2736.73027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS40.232.6024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu37.2736.73030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)237.2736.73012537



4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-0012440.232.6 K-Ar, U-Th-He    YesMolybdeniteMo11572Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USABinghamWarnaars et al. (1978); Arehart et al. (2003); Singer et al. (2005)   
PorphCu-0004037.2736.7337.0±0.27Re-Os    YesActinolite, Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Digenite, Diopside, Enargite, Epidote, Gold, Gypsum, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Siderite, WollastoniteCu11572Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USABinghamSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
AJES44_373-00002393939     Yes Au4181Bingham Canyon Mine (Bingham Canyon Deposit; Kennecott Mine; Bingham Copper Mine; Utah Copper Mine), Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USABinghamSillitoe (1997)10.1080/08120099708728318AJES44_373 
sedznpb-00471393339–33     Yes  38450Lark Mine, Bingham District (West Mountain District), Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USALarkSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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