Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ajax Mine (Copperopolis; Sioux Ajax; American Eagle; Am. Eagle), Mammoth, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 32
Youngest recorded age at locality: 32

mindat Locality ID: 38146
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38146.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ajax Mine (Copperopolis; Sioux Ajax; American Eagle; Am. Eagle), Mammoth, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°55'39"N
Longitude: 112°6'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.9275,-112.1125

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.

Adelite	Andalusite	Aragonite	Bismutite	Chalcophyllite	Copper	Diaspore	Enargite	Mixite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Tyrolite	Wurtzite

Aragonite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Enargite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kettnerite ()*	Mixite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Tyrolite ()*

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 As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Andalusite Aragonite Bismutite Chalcophyllite Copper Diaspore Enargite Mixite None
Not in a structural group Quartz Tyrolite Wurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	32	32	3250
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	32	32	194
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	32	32	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	32	32	3846
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	32	32	910
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	32	32	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	32	32	1689
Kettnerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBiO(CO₃)F	32	32	46
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	32	32	168
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	32	32	492
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	32	32	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	32	32	1153
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	32	32	245

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
	sedznpb-00496	32	32	32							Yes				4192	Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA	Tintic–East Tintic	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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