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Locality Name:
Michigan-Utah Mine (Lavina; Topeka Tunnel; Black Bess Mine; Butte Mine; Cleave Tunnel; Grizzly Tunnel; Regulator; Solitude Tunnel; Darlington), Little Cottonwood District (Alta District), Wasatch Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 38475
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38475.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Michigan-Utah Mine (Lavina; Topeka Tunnel; Black Bess Mine; Butte Mine; Cleave Tunnel; Grizzly Tunnel; Regulator; Solitude Tunnel; Darlington), Little Cottonwood District (Alta District), Wasatch 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: Ag Au B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperLudwigiteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)0134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60477
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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