Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rube Gold 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: 38917
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38917.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rube Gold 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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Epidote	Molybdenite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc

Anglesite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Jarosite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spadaite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Epidote Molybdenite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	158	36.1	2734
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	158	36.1	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	158	36.1	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	158	36.1	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	158	36.1	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	158	36.1	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	158	36.1	30554
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	158	36.1	2228
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	158	36.1	5800
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	158	36.1	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	158	36.1	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	158	36.1	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	158	36.1	61156
Spadaite ()*	None	MgSiO₂(OH)₂·H₂O (?)	158	36.1	7
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	158	36.1	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	158	36.1	3337
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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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