Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 34.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31.7

mindat Locality ID: 37486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Provo District, Wasatch Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Ironton Adit Occurrence
Ironton North Quarry
Ironton South Quarry
Lower Slate Canyon Quarry
Monarch Mine (Buckley Mine)
Provo Canyon
Squaw Peak
Three Sister Lime Quarry And Kiln

Latitude: 40°16'21"N
Longitude: 111°36'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.2725,-111.60444444444

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Corundum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

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 C Ca Fe Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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			1	278414	2793
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	278414,278418	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	278414	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	278414	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	278414	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	278414	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	278414	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	278410	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	34.1	31.7	1	278416	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	278414	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	278414	21482

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
	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

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