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

mindat Locality ID: 37487
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37487.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santaquin District, Wasatch Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Black Balsam Vein
Blue Eagle Prospect (New Deal)
Brownstone Adit Occurrence (Santaquin Central Adit)
Bullock Mine
Copper Bullion Prospect
Delsa
El Dorado Mine
Elsie Jane Drift (Nelson Mine)
Golden Leaf
Golden Relief Claims
Goshen Hill Limestone Quarries
Green Canyon Middle Adit No. 1 Occurrence
Jewel No. 9 Occurrence
Julie Nos. 1-3; 5; 8; And 20 Occurrence
Maple Dell NE Workings Occurrence
Midnight Claim Group (Neegley Shaft; Wasatch Mining And Milling Company Workings)
Oldroyd Calcite Quarry
Sally Ann Prospect
Santaquin Central Tunnel
Spring Lake Adit Occurrence
SW Maple Dell Workings Occurrence
Union Chief Mine
Unknown Limestone Mine (MRDS - 10203736)
White Dragon

Latitude: 39°58'48"N
Longitude: 111°44'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.98,-111.74777777778

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sulphur

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Vanadinite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Fluorite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sulphur

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	278441	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	278420,278421,278436,278439,278441	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	278421,278441	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	278420,278422,278424,278437,278438	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	278441	1382
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	278437	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	278423,278434	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	278420	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	278420,278423,278427,278441	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	278429	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	278424,278438,278441	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	278420,278424,278431,278437	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	278420,278422,278424,278438	39462
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	278441	2045
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	278421	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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