Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Granite And North Granite Districts, Mineral Mts (Mineral Range), Beaver Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 29
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.71

mindat Locality ID: 4137
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4137.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Granite And North Granite Districts, Mineral Mts (Mineral Range), Beaver Co., Utah, USA": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
Amazon
Beaver Tungsten Mines (Oak Claim; Garnet Mines; Juniper Claims)
Beaver View Extension
Beaver View Mine
Big Pass Group (Blue Star Mine; Pass Canyon Group)
Bismuth Mine (Star King Bismuth; San Francisco Bismuth; Major Lode)
Burnt Hollow Group
Contact Claim (Contact Fraction Claim; Contact Group)
Druels Cedar Nos. 1-6 Occurrence
Garnet No. 1 Claim Mine (Daily Metals Mine; Garnet No. 2 Claim; Garnet Group)
Granite (North Granite; J. E. Robson Property)
Iron Mine (P & H Mine; PH & L Mine)
Julesburg Claims
King Of The Hills Mine (King-of-the-Hills Group)
Klondyke
Lucky Jim Claim
Major Fault Group
Mammoth Copper
Miller Mine
Molly Group
Negro Mag Wash Prospect
Oak Basin Group
Oak Group
Opal Mine
Porcupine Canyon Group
Rattler Group
Scheelite Group
Schoo Mine
Silver Star Group
Solomons Hollow Mine
Strategic Metals Mine (Blue Star Mine; Big Pass Canyon Mine)
Sunrise Property
The Iron Mine
Ward Group
Whosit Tungsten Prospect

Latitude: 38°22'44"N
Longitude: 112°47'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.378888888889,-112.79888888889

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	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Topaz
Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Argentojarosite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Helvine ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Mn Mo O Pb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Malachite Molybdenite None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Topaz
Vesuvianite Wollastonite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	271272	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	271287	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	271278	2353
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	271273	58
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	271273	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	271273,271276	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	271287,271295	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	271274	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	271276	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	271272,271273,271274,271288,271294	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	271272,271273	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	271276,271287	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	271272	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	271277	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	271298	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			10	271273,271275,271276,271278,271288,271290,271291,271294,271295,271302	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			6	271273,271274,271276,271278,271287,271299	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			8	271272,271273,271274,271275,271287,271288,271293,271299	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			4	271272,271273,271276,271278	30554
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S			1	271287	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	271275,271276,271282	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	271273,271299	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			4	271275,271280,271287,271301	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	271273,271278,271282,271299	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			4	271273,271274,271276,271299	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	271287	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			5	271273,271274,271287,271288,271299	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	271272,271278,271287	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			18	271270,271272,271273,271274,271275,271276,271278,271282,271285,271288,271290,271291,271293,271294,271295,271298,271299,271302	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	271272	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	29	0.71	0		1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	271272,271287	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	271277	2045
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	271287	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	271273,271288	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			6	271273,271274,271290,271291,271294,271302	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			2	271273,271274	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	29	0.71	0		1655
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	271287	1025

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-5388	0.87	0.71	0.79±0.08	5388	183516	Schoo Mine, Granite And North Granite Districts, Mineral Mts (Mineral Range), Beaver Co., Utah, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29355	29	21	25±4	29355	183654	Silver Star Group, Granite And North Granite Districts, Mineral Mts (Mineral Range), Beaver Co., Utah, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-29357	18.5	17.5	18±0.5	29357	183654	Silver Star Group, Granite And North Granite Districts, Mineral Mts (Mineral Range), Beaver Co., Utah, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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