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Locality Name:
Apex Mine (Dixie Mine; Utah-Eastern Mine; Dixie-Apex; Pen), Jarvis Peak, Tutsagubet District, Beaver Dam Mts, Washington Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 207
Youngest recorded age at locality: 193

mindat Locality ID: 4193
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4193.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Apex Mine (Dixie Mine; Utah-Eastern Mine; Dixie-Apex; Pen), Jarvis Peak, Tutsagubet District, Beaver Dam Mts, Washington Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°4'10"N
Longitude: 113°48'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.069444444444,-113.80361111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
Sphalerite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Svanbergite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)2071930254
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)20719302734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62071930919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)220719305509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)207193011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)620719301633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)207193027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)20719304979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2207193027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O20719303531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)2071930363
Copper  (*)CopperCu20719303846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS20719304165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O20719302970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS207193024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)20719307437
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62071930173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3207193014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O20719301689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)620719301066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)620719302228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2207193012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS220719305674
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62071930477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2207193039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2207193061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22071930454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)20719302473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS207193021482
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)62071930105


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00442207193200±7        4193Apex Mine (Dixie Mine; Utah-Eastern Mine; Dixie-Apex; Pen), Jarvis Peak, Tutsagubet District, Beaver Dam Mts, Washington Co., Utah, USAApexSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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