Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blue Bell District, Sheeprock Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37465
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37465.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Bell District, Sheeprock Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bennion Canyon Mine
Black Hawk Mine (R. E. Plough Property)
Bogan Mine
Hidden Splendor Mine
International Group (Hidden Treasure Prospect)
Little Valley Mine
Morgan Mine (R. E. Plaugh Group)
Silver Hope Occurrence
The Iron Mine
Vernon Creek Prospect

Latitude: 39°56'32"N
Longitude: 112°24'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.942222222222,-112.40583333333

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Stibnite

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 Bi C Ca Fe Mn O Pb S Sb Si Tl Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Copper Corundum None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Stibnite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Parapierrotite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	277580,277581	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	277576	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	277579,277580	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	277575,277580	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	277574,277575,277576,277577,277580,277581	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	277579	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	277576,277579,277582	14640
Parapierrotite ()*	None	TlSb₅S₈	1	277579	10
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	277574,277579,277580	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	277576,277580	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	277574,277579,277580,277582	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	277575	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	277574	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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