Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wasatch Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 34.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31.4

mindat Locality ID: 59339
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59339.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wasatch Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA": 114
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 105

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Alpine District
American Fork District
Manning Canyon Shale
Payson District
Provo District
Santaquin District
Silver Lake District
Spanish Fork District

Latitude: 40°21'22"N
Longitude: 111°40'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.356111111111,-111.67305555556

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corrensite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Wollastonite	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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corrensite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite
Wollastonite Zircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Periclase ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rectorite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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	32.4	31.4	9	278358,278369,278379,278389,278396,278398,278414,278454,278458	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	278454,278458	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			2	278454,278459	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			2	278454,278458	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	32.4	31.4	1	278379	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	32.4	31.4	13	278365,278366,278369,278372,278382,278388,278399,278403,278404,278408,278441,278454,278458	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	32.4	31.4	3	278381,278382,278454	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			2	278448,278459	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	32.4	31.4	12	278359,278379,278382,278389,278408,278414,278418,278420,278421,278436,278439,278441	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	32.4	31.4	10	278358,278369,278379,278389,278408,278414,278421,278441,278454,278458	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	32.4	31.4	16	278369,278372,278375,278377,278381,278382,278401,278403,278404,278420,278422,278424,278437,278438,278454,278458	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	278441	1382
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			2	278448,278459	1008
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	278437	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	32.4	31.4	11	278363,278371,278372,278373,278382,278383,278391,278399,278414,278423,278434	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	278454,278459	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	278420	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	32.4	31.4	35	278358,278359,278365,278366,278367,278369,278370,278371,278372,278375,278376,278377,278379,278381,278382,278388,278389,278392,278396,278398,278399,278400,278401,278403,278404,278407,278408,278414,278420,278423,278427,278441,278454,278458,278460	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	278405	504
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	32.4	31.4	10	278369,278379,278389,278401,278403,278407,278429,278448,278454,278458	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	278448,278459	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	278454,278459	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	32.4	31.4	7	278366,278414,278424,278438,278441,278448,278459	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	278363	1689
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	32.4	31.4	3	278375,278377,278403	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	32.4	31.4	1	278389	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	278405	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	32.4	31.4	1	278365	230
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	278448,278459	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	32.4	31.4	10	278369,278379,278381,278383,278388,278401,278420,278424,278431,278437	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	32.4	31.4	3	278364,278448,278453	5800
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	32.4	31.4	1	278364	153
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	32.4	31.4	3	278359,278389,278405	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	278356	2349
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO			2	278448,278459	114
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	32.4	31.4	2	278379,278389	477
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	278448	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	32.4	31.4	19	278359,278366,278369,278375,278377,278382,278388,278392,278399,278400,278403,278407,278414,278420,278422,278424,278438,278454,278458	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	278410	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	32.4	31.4	1	278394	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	278405	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	34.1	31.4	16	278356,278357,278366,278369,278372,278379,278388,278389,278392,278396,278400,278401,278416,278448,278453,278459	61156
Rectorite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Na,Ca)Al₄(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·2H₂O			1	278405	49
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			4	278448,278452,278453,278454	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	278448,278459	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	32.4	31.4	6	278364,278369,278379,278401,278408,278414	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	32.4	31.4	16	278365,278366,278369,278370,278372,278379,278382,278388,278392,278400,278401,278403,278404,278408,278414,278458	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	32.4	31.4	1	278374	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	32.4	31.4	1	278365	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	278441	2045
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	32.4	31.4	1	278364	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	32.4	31.4	11	278366,278370,278372,278382,278388,278392,278400,278403,278404,278454,278458	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	278448	4899
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			1	278421	605
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	278448	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	32.4	31.4	2	278369,278379	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	278454,278459	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00440	32.4	31.4	32.4–31.4											37483	American Fork District, Wasatch Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA	American Fork	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
	NAVDAT-4899	34.1	31.7	32.9±1.2				biotite	4899						211189	Guardsman Pass, Provo Canyon, Provo District, Wasatch Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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