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Locality Name:
U.S. Mine (Gold Hill Mine; Last Dollar Claims), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 158
Youngest recorded age at locality: 36.1

mindat Locality ID: 64637
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64637.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "U.S. Mine (Gold Hill Mine; Last Dollar Claims), Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°9'25"N
Longitude: 113°49'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.156944444444,-113.82861111111

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	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Meneghinite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur
Vivianite

Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaatialaite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Opal ()*
Picropharmacolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tooeleite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Malachite Meneghinite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur
Vivianite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	158	36.1	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	158	36.1	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	158	36.1	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	158	36.1	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	158	36.1	5509
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	158	36.1	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	158	36.1	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	158	36.1	966
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	158	36.1	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	158	36.1	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	158	36.1	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	158	36.1	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	158	36.1	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	158	36.1	6890
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	158	36.1	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	158	36.1	2228
Kaatialaite ()*	None	Fe³⁺[AsO₂(OH)₂]₃·5H₂O	158	36.1	12
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	158	36.1	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	158	36.1	1107
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	158	36.1	2994
Picropharmacolite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·11H₂O	158	36.1	99
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	158	36.1	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	158	36.1	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	158	36.1	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	158	36.1	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	158	36.1	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	158	36.1	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	158	36.1	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	158	36.1	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	158	36.1	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	158	36.1	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	158	36.1	2045
Tooeleite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₆(AsO₃)₄(SO₄)(OH)₄·4H₂O	158	36.1	10
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	158	36.1	369
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	158	36.1	1655

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Kristen000117	38.7	36.1	37.4±1.3	K-Ar	intrustion age	biotite	70-2	Yes	25835	Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA	Gold Hill District	Stacey and Zartmann (1978)	UG5_1
Kristen000118	41.1	38.3	39.7±1.4	K-Ar	intrustion age	biotite	6	Yes	25835	Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA	Gold Hill District	Stacey and Zartmann (1978)	UG5_1
Kristen000119	156	146	151±5	K-Ar	intrustion age	biotite	15A	Yes	25835	Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA	Gold Hill District	Stacey and Zartmann (1978)	UG5_1
Kristen000120	158	148	153±5	K-Ar	intrustion age	biotite	18	Yes	25835	Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Tooele Co., Utah, USA	Gold Hill District	Stacey and Zartmann (1978)	UG5_1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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