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Locality Name:
OK Mine (Milford Pit), Beaver Lake District, Beaver Lake Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 28
Youngest recorded age at locality: 28

mindat Locality ID: 8064
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8064.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "OK Mine (Milford Pit), Beaver Lake District, Beaver Lake Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°29'21"N
Longitude: 113°7'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.489166666667,-113.1275

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Baryte	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite
Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Baryte Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite
Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Scheelite Spinel Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	28	28	3419
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	28	28	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	28	28	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	28	28	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	28	28	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	28	28	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	28	28	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	28	28	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	28	28	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	28	28	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	28	28	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	28	28	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	28	28	8173
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	28	28	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	28	28	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	28	28	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	28	28	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	28	28	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	28	28	2349
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	28	28	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	28	28	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	28	28	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	28	28	5614
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	28	28	5251

1 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
	PorphCu-00025	28	28	28									Actinolite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite	Cu	8064	OK Mine (Milford Pit), Beaver Lake District, Beaver Lake Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA	OK	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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