Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Scottish Chief Mine, Park City District (Uinta District), Wasatch Mts, Summit Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30

mindat Locality ID: 38765
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38765.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scottish Chief Mine, Park City District (Uinta District), Wasatch Mts, Summit 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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	None	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: Ag Al C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite None Rocksalt

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Silver ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	36	30	2734
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	36	30	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	30	30	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	36	30	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	30	30	3531
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	36	30	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	30	30	12537
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	36	30	1725
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	36	30	5186

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	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	Age Notes
	sedcu-00674	30	30	Cenozoic							Yes			Cu	4155	Park City District (Uinta District), Wasatch Mts, Summit Co., Utah, USA	Uinta	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	sedznpb-00481	36	31.5	36–31.5							Yes				4155	Park City District (Uinta District), Wasatch Mts, Summit Co., Utah, USA	Park City	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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