Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lucy L 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: 38903
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38903.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lucy L 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

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	Arsenic	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite
Melonite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Stibnite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Malachite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Te W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Te W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Malachite
Melonite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Stibnite Wollastonite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	158	36.1	3419
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	158	36.1	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	158	36.1	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	158	36.1	716
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	158	36.1	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	158	36.1	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	158	36.1	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	158	36.1	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	158	36.1	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	158	36.1	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	158	36.1	12537
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	158	36.1	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	158	36.1	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	158	36.1	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	158	36.1	4894
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	158	36.1	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	158	36.1	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	158	36.1	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	158	36.1	1025

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Kristen000117	38.7	36.1	37.4±1.3	K-Ar	intrustion age	biotite	70-2	Yes	25835	Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA	Gold Hill District	Stacey and Zartmann (1978)	UG5_1
Kristen000118	41.1	38.3	39.7±1.4	K-Ar	intrustion age	biotite	6	Yes	25835	Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA	Gold Hill District	Stacey and Zartmann (1978)	UG5_1
Kristen000119	156	146	151±5	K-Ar	intrustion age	biotite	15A	Yes	25835	Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA	Gold Hill District	Stacey and Zartmann (1978)	UG5_1
Kristen000120	158	148	153±5	K-Ar	intrustion age	biotite	18	Yes	25835	Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA	Gold Hill District	Stacey and Zartmann (1978)	UG5_1

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