Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lion Hill Area, Ophir District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 38969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lion Hill Area, Ophir District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Buffalo Mine
Buffalo Mine (Tintic Ophir Mines Company)
Chloride Point
Douglas Mine
Douglas Prospect
East Side Mine
Empire Mine
Iron Mine
Lion Mine
Long Trail Gulch
Monarch Mine
Northern Light Mine
Three Metals Mine
Trace Group
Woodruff Mine
Zella Mine

Latitude: 40°21'36"N
Longitude: 112°14'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.36,-112.24416666667

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Talc

Aragonite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mn O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Gypsum Malachite
Mica None Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Talc

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	277468	3250
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	277468,277470	58
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	277468,277470	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	10	277468,277470,277471,277476,277478,277479,277480,277481,277482,277488	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	14	277468,277469,277470,277471,277476,277477,277478,277479,277480,277481,277482,277483,277485,277488	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	12	277468,277470,277471,277473,277474,277475,277476,277478,277484,277485,277487,277488	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	277468,277469	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	18	277468,277469,277470,277471,277472,277473,277474,277475,277476,277478,277479,277481,277482,277483,277484,277485,277487,277488	1382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	277469,277479,277480,277482,277483,277485	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	277468,277469,277478,277479	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	277468,277469	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	14	277468,277469,277473,277474,277475,277478,277479,277480,277481,277482,277483,277484,277485,277487	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5	277469,277478,277479,277480,277481	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	12	277468,277470,277471,277472,277473,277474,277475,277476,277478,277484,277487,277488	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	277468,277469,277470,277485	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	277469,277478,277481,277482,277483,277485	17380
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	17	277468,277470,277471,277472,277473,277474,277475,277476,277478,277479,277480,277481,277483,277484,277485,277487,277488	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	277468,277469,277470	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	277468,277469,277470,277471,277476,277483,277488	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	277470	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	277469	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	277470	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	277470	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	7	277469,277478,277479,277480,277481,277482,277485	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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