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Locality Name:
Sheeprock Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 39329
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39329.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sheeprock Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 62
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 57

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Blue Bell District
Columbia District
East Erickson District
Little Valley

Latitude: 40°11'58"N
Longitude: 112°32'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.199444444444,-112.54222222222

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenolite	Baryte	Beryl	Bixbyite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sartorite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Turquoise	Weissbergite

Anglesite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Avicennite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervantite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Hydroxycalcioroméite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Parapierrotite ()*	Pierrotite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*
Scheelite ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Tripuhyite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Uraninite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Vrbaite ()*	Weissbergite ()*

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 Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Tl U W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Arsenolite Baryte Beryl Bixbyite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Malachite Marcasite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sartorite Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Topaz Turquoise Weissbergite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	277617	2734
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	277634	194
Avicennite ()*	Bixbyite	Tl₂O₃	1	277634	7
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	277615	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	277580,277581,277623,277634	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	277597,277612,277622	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	277576	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	277579,277580,277617,277634	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	5	277575,277580,277585,277595,277617	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	277634	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	277599,277604,277609,277612,277622,277623	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	277604,277609,277615	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	277634	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	277608,277617,277619,277627,277631,277634	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9	277585,277595,277599,277601,277604,277609,277612,277622,277623	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	17	277574,277575,277576,277577,277580,277581,277585,277588,277591,277595,277598,277606,277614,277617,277619,277620,277626	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	277603,277634	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	277579,277598,277614	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	277634	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	19	277576,277579,277582,277588,277589,277590,277591,277592,277593,277598,277599,277603,277604,277609,277614,277623,277625,277626,277634	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	277624	469
Hydroxycalcioroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Ca,Sb³⁺)₂(Sb⁵⁺,Ti)₂O₆(OH)	1	277634	11
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	277634	230
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	277593,277603,277611,277624	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	277586,277589,277599,277604,277609,277615	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	277634	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	277626	17380
Parapierrotite ()*	None	TlSb₅S₈	2	277579,277634	10
Pierrotite ()*	Sartorite	Tl₂(Sb,As)₁₀S₁₆	1	277634	3
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	277588,277617,277619	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	17	277574,277579,277580,277585,277595,277598,277601,277604,277606,277609,277611,277612,277614,277622,277623,277626,277634	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	8	277576,277580,277585,277589,277595,277604,277609,277623	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	19	277574,277579,277580,277582,277585,277588,277592,277595,277597,277598,277599,277604,277607,277609,277614,277617,277623,277626,277634	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	277634	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	3	277612,277622,277623	353
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	277611,277622	4894
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	1	277634	179
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	4	277575,277585,277595,277598	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	277574,277585,277595,277614,277626	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	277634	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	277634	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	277634	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	277586	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	277612	1476
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	277634	66
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	3	277604,277609,277615	484
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	6	277601,277604,277609,277612,277622,277623	2718
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	277634	369
Vrbaite ()*	None	Hg₃Tl₄As₈Sb₂S₂₀	1	277634	5
Weissbergite ()*	Weissbergite	TlSbS₂	1	277634	4

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070262	Lookout Pass Thallium Prospect, Little Valley, Sheeprock Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA	https://rruff.info/R070262
R060397	Lookout Pass Thallium Prospect, Little Valley, Sheeprock Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA	https://rruff.info/R060397

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