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Locality Name:
Gold Mountain District (Kimberly District), Deer Creek, Tushar Mts, Piute Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37447
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37447.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Mountain District (Kimberly District), Deer Creek, Tushar Mts, Piute Co., Utah, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Annie Laurie Mine
Beaver Claims Nos. 1-5
Butler & Beck
Canary Claims
Come Back Claims
Golden Eagle 1 - 8 And Junebug 1 - 4 Prospect
Jerad Occurrence
Jolly Green Giant Claims Nos. 1-14
Keystone Mine
Mary Ellen Occurrence
Moffat Occurrence
Section 9 Prospect
Sevier Mine
Signal Peak
Stag Nos. 1; 2 And 5 Occurrence
Suprize Prospect
Unknown Gold - Silver Prospect (MRDS - 10015250)
Unknown Silver - Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10015249)

Latitude: 38°28'29"N
Longitude: 112°22'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.474722222222,-112.37583333333
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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H Hg O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteCalciteCopperCorundumFluoriteGypsumNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Mercury  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S6275229,275231,275235,275241,275245,2752462793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61275239966
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212752415509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)127522911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6275234,275235,275236,275241,275245,27524627770
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2275229,2752411382
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23275229,275237,2752419617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS127522924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu10275229,275231,275234,275235,275236,275237,275241,275243,275245,27524630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34275234,275235,275245,27524614640
Mercury  (*)NoneHg0397
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23275229,275234,27524139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28275229,275231,275234,275235,275236,275241,275245,27524661156
Silver  (*)CopperAg3275229,275234,2752415186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS127522921482


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