Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ophir District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 4167
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4167.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ophir District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 84
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 77

Number of Child Localities: 43
Child Localities:
Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain SW Prospects
Barlett
Chandler Fork Prospect
Commodore Mine (Utah Ophir Mines Company)
Croff
Dry Canyon Area
Dry Canyon Mouth Prospects
Dry Mountain
Emilie Mine
Eureka Ophir Mine
Evening Star
Foothill Area
Forth Of July
Jim Fisk Mine SE
Julie Claim Prospects
Lion Hill Area
Lion Mine (Douglas; Zella Group)
Madison
Magnolia Mine
Mecca Group
Miner's Delight Mine
Mono Kearsarge
Mount Savage And IXL Mine
Mountain Lion Mine
Ophir
Ophir Canyon Prospect
Ophir Hill (Ophir)
Ophir Hill Area
Ophir Occurrence
Ophir Queen
Ophir-Rush Valley
Rattler Mine
Shamrock
Silver Eagle
Silver Gap Prospect
Silver Reef Mine
Star Lease
Tintic Ophir Mines Company
Treasure Hawk Mine
Unknown Zinc - Silver - Lead Prospect (MRDS - 10227842)
Utah Queen Mine
Zella Mine

Latitude: 40°22'46"N
Longitude: 112°15'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.379444444444,-112.26638888889

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	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite
Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brackebuschite	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Natrochalcite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Spangolite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Tungstite
Tyrolite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arseniosiderite
Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brackebuschite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcanthite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite Devilline Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Ktenasite Linarite Malachite Melanterite Mica Natrochalcite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Spangolite Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Tungstite
Tyrolite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

107 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Adamite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*
Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsentsumebite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Connellite ()*
Copper ()*	Corkite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Duftite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Ktenasite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Namuwite ()*	Niedermayrite ()*
Ophirite ()*	Orthoserpierite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Sanidine ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Spangolite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*
Tsumcorite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Tyrolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Wurtzite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	7	277444,277453,277498,277501,277508,277509,277510	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	277505,277507	3419
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	2	277452,277500	254
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	277498,277509	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	277450	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	5	277498,277505,277506,277507,277509	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	277507	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	277498,277509	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	277468,277507	3250
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	277468,277470	58
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	277500	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	277500	9052
Arsentsumebite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Cu(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)	1	277450	37
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	8	277450,277468,277470,277498,277505,277506,277507,277510	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	11	277448,277450,277451,277452,277493,277498,277500,277505,277506,277507,277510	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	16	277447,277468,277470,277471,277476,277478,277479,277480,277481,277482,277488,277489,277496,277503,277507,277524	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	2	277450,277452	172
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	277507	132
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	277450,277452	413
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	277498,277509	1966
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	277498	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	3	277447,277498,277507	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	33	277442,277444,277447,277450,277463,277465,277467,277468,277469,277470,277471,277476,277477,277478,277479,277480,277481,277482,277483,277485,277488,277489,277496,277498,277501,277502,277506,277507,277508,277509,277518,277521,277524	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	277507	359
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	1	277498	88
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	22	277448,277450,277451,277452,277468,277470,277471,277473,277474,277475,277476,277478,277484,277485,277487,277488,277504,277505,277506,277507,277508,277510	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	3	277498,277507,277509	925
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	1	277498	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	277498,277509	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15	277444,277450,277451,277453,277468,277469,277498,277502,277505,277506,277507,277508,277509,277510,277523	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	28	277450,277451,277463,277468,277469,277470,277471,277472,277473,277474,277475,277476,277478,277479,277481,277482,277483,277484,277485,277487,277488,277489,277496,277498,277507,277508,277510,277524	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	277447,277498	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	277498,277509	1025
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	277507	363
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	277507	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	277451	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	277450	151
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	277465	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	277450,277507	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	4	277447,277505,277507,277510	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	7	277449,277456,277498,277505,277506,277507,277509	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	11	277444,277465,277469,277479,277480,277482,277483,277485,277498,277508,277509	9895
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	2	277450,277452	220
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	277498,277505,277506,277507,277509	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9	277452,277468,277469,277478,277479,277498,277506,277507,277509	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	21	277444,277450,277451,277452,277453,277456,277468,277469,277494,277498,277501,277502,277504,277505,277506,277507,277508,277509,277510,277518,277523	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	277507	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	34	277445,277447,277448,277449,277450,277451,277452,277453,277463,277465,277468,277469,277473,277474,277475,277478,277479,277480,277481,277482,277483,277484,277485,277487,277489,277491,277496,277498,277505,277506,277507,277508,277523,277524	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	277507	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	277498,277509	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	8	277469,277478,277479,277480,277481,277498,277504,277507	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	277507	741
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	3	277447,277450,277507	1689
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	277450	804
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	4	277498,277505,277507,277510	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	19	277450,277451,277468,277470,277471,277472,277473,277474,277475,277476,277478,277484,277487,277488,277489,277504,277506,277507,277524	2228
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	1	277507	75
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	277507	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	277498,277507	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	21	277442,277448,277450,277451,277452,277463,277465,277466,277468,277469,277470,277485,277498,277500,277502,277505,277506,277507,277510,277518,277523	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	277498,277509	915
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	4	277450,277452,277498,277507	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	18	277444,277463,277467,277469,277478,277481,277482,277483,277485,277489,277496,277498,277501,277505,277507,277508,277509,277524	17380
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	1	277507	58
Niedermayrite ()*	None	Cu₄Cd(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·4H₂O	1	277507	8
Ophirite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂Mg₄[Zn₂Mn³⁺₂(H₂O)₂(Fe³⁺W₉O₃₄)₂]·46H₂O	1	277498	1
Orthoserpierite ()*	None	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	2	277498,277507	40
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	277449	306
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	277498,277509	2273
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1	277507	158
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	27	277450,277468,277470,277471,277472,277473,277474,277475,277476,277478,277479,277480,277481,277483,277484,277485,277487,277488,277489,277496,277498,277502,277506,277507,277510,277523,277524	477
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	277508	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	17	277444,277451,277452,277456,277465,277468,277469,277470,277498,277501,277505,277506,277507,277508,277509,277510,277518	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	5	277442,277467,277498,277506,277509	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	277507	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	277498,277509	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	18	277444,277447,277450,277452,277463,277468,277469,277470,277471,277476,277483,277488,277496,277498,277501,277507,277509,277524	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	277498	1711
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	277450,277498,277507	454
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	277498,277509	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	277498,277507,277509	4894
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	2	277498,277507	142
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	277500	1153
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	2	277498,277507	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	277498,277509	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	7	277444,277448,277451,277465,277501,277507,277508	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	9	277448,277450,277452,277470,277498,277505,277506,277507,277510	2473
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	2	277498,277507	105
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	277450	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	11	277451,277452,277456,277469,277498,277502,277505,277506,277507,277509,277510	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	277451	586
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	2	277467,277470	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	277470	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	277500	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	10	277465,277469,277478,277479,277480,277481,277482,277485,277506,277508	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	277498,277509	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	277452,277498,277502,277503	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	277498,277509	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	277507	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	5	277498,277505,277506,277507,277509	2562
Tsumcorite ()*	Natrochalcite	PbZn₂(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	277452	29
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	277498	118
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	277507	245
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	4	277456,277505,277507,277510	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	277507	1655
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	2	277498,277509	372
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	277498,277509	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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