Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Muerbrook Mine, Rush Valley District (Stockton District), Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 38993
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38993.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muerbrook Mine, Rush Valley District (Stockton 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

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	Copper	Gypsum	Malachite	Melanterite	None
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Gypsum Malachite Melanterite None
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	56	33.9	2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	56	33.9	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	56	33.9	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	56	33.9	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	56	33.9	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	56	33.9	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	56	33.9	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	56	33.9	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	56	33.9	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	56	33.9	915
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	56	33.9	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	56	33.9	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	56	33.9	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00492	56	33.9	Eocene							Yes				19317	Rush Valley District (Stockton District), Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA	Stockton	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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