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Locality Name:
Cane Springs Mine, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 158
Youngest recorded age at locality: 36.1

mindat Locality ID: 38880
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38880.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cane Springs Mine, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele 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: Al Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteEpidoteMalachiteMolybdenite
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzSepioliteVesuvianiteWollastonite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Spadaite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO515836.101310
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS415836.105516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15836.1027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S15836.105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215836.1027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O15836.103531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS15836.104165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O615836.104135
Gold  (*)CopperAu15836.1030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215836.1012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS215836.105800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215836.1039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215836.1061156
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O15836.10241
Spadaite  (*)NoneMgSiO2(OH)2·H2O (?)15836.107
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1015836.101395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO315836.101247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)15836.101025


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
Kristen00011738.736.137.4±1.3K-Arintrustion agebiotite70-2 Yes  25835Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USAGold Hill DistrictStacey and Zartmann (1978) UG5_1 
Kristen00011841.138.339.7±1.4K-Arintrustion agebiotite6 Yes  25835Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USAGold Hill DistrictStacey and Zartmann (1978) UG5_1 
Kristen000119156146151±5K-Arintrustion agebiotite15A Yes  25835Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USAGold Hill DistrictStacey and Zartmann (1978) UG5_1 
Kristen000120158148153±5K-Arintrustion agebiotite18 Yes  25835Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USAGold Hill DistrictStacey and Zartmann (1978) UG5_1 

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