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Locality Name:
Silver King Mine (Coalition 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: 38768
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38768.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver King Mine (Coalition Mine), Park City District (Uinta District), Wasatch Mts, Summit Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°38'32"N
Longitude: 111°31'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.642222222222,-111.52694444444
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: Al As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteChalcopyriteClayCopperFluorite
GeocroniteLinariteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Geocronite  (*)Gold  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)363002734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2303005509
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O736300450
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3303001089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6303001633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)363004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23030027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O303003531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2363009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3630024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S2336300133
Gold  (*)CopperAu3630030554
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)230300987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23030012537
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33630087
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23630017380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)30300492
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23630039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2363003106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23630061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3630021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3363003418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13303005317


2 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
sedcu-006743030Cenozoic     Yes Cu4155Park City District (Uinta District), Wasatch Mts, Summit Co., Utah, USAUintaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedznpb-004813631.536–31.5     Yes  4155Park City District (Uinta District), Wasatch Mts, Summit Co., Utah, USAPark CitySinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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