Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Iron Mountain, Iron Springs District (Iron And Granite Mountains & Three Peaks), Iron Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 38617
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38617.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Mountain, Iron Springs District (Iron And Granite Mountains & Three Peaks), Iron Co., Utah, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
A And B Orebody
Black Hawk Orebody
Black Magnetite Orebody
Blowout Hill Orebody
Burke No. 2 Orebody
Burke No. 3 Orebody
Calumet Orebody
Chesapeake Orebody
Comstock Orebody
Crystal Orebody
Cyclone Orebody
Deer Orebody
Duluth Orebody
Duncan Orebody
Excelsior Orebody
Homestake Orebody
Last Chance Orebody
Lime Cap Orebody
McCahill Orebody
Milner Hill Orebody
Mountain Lion Orebody
Pinto Orebody
Pot Metals Orebody
Queen Of The West Orebody
Rex Orebody
Sparta Orebody
Tip Top Orebody
Wall Street Orebody
Yellow Jacket Orebody

Latitude: 37°38'39"N
Longitude: 113°22'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.644166666667,-113.37388888889

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Na O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	29	273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	29	273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	29	273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	29	273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	273895	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	273893,273894,273900,273903,273907,273908,273912,273914,273920	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	273895	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	29	273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	2600
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	28	273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	273920	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	273914	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	29	273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	24243
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	273914	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	29	273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	29	273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	29	273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	29	273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	29	273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	29	273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	29	273892,273893,273894,273895,273896,273897,273898,273899,273900,273901,273902,273903,273904,273905,273906,273907,273908,273909,273910,273911,273912,273913,273914,273915,273916,273917,273918,273919,273920	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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