Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ontario Mine, Silver Lake District, Wasatch Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 39144
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39144.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ontario Mine, Silver Lake District, Wasatch Mts, Utah 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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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