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Locality Name:
Ophir Coalition Mine (Montana Mine), Ophir Hill Area, Ophir District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 38987
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38987.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ophir Coalition Mine (Montana Mine), Ophir Hill Area, Ophir District, Oquirrh Mts, 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: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenicCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetMelanteriteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtziteZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Grossular  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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