Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hyrum Area (Blacksmith Fork), Cache Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 51391
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51391.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hyrum Area (Blacksmith Fork), Cache Co., Utah, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Hardware Ranch Quarry
Hyrum Canyon Claim (Morning Star Claim)
Lucky Star Claim
Moon Claim
Pig Hole Hollow
Tip Top Claim

Latitude: 41°35'22"N
Longitude: 111°40'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.589444444444,-111.66805555556

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 K Mn O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Copper Corundum Malachite Marcasite None Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	272134	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	272134	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	272138	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	272134,272135,272138	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	272136	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	272136	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	272134	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	272135	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	272134	5674
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	272137	3106
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	272134	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	272135,272138	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	272135,272136,272138	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	272134,272135	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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