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Locality Name:
Beaver Dam Mts, Washington Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1660
Youngest recorded age at locality: 193

mindat Locality ID: 39184
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39184.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beaver Dam Mts, Washington Co., Utah, USA": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Blakes Lambing Grounds Mineralized Area
Bulldog Claims
Gypsum Road-Cut Occurrence
St. George Apex Mine
Tutsagubet District

Latitude: 37°2'33"N
Longitude: 113°47'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.0425,-113.79111111111
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: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Sr W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Svanbergite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)2071931278595254
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)20719312785952734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62071932278582,278595919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)220719312785955509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)207193127859511547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)620719312785951633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2071934278584,278585,278587,27859527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2071933278587,278595,2786004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22071937278595,278599,278602,278603,278604,278607,27861327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2071932278584,2785953531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)2071931278595363
Copper  (*)CopperCu20719312785953846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS20719312785954165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O20719312785952970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS207193127859524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)20719312785957437
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62071931278595173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5278579,278580,278581,278590,2785916890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316601937278584,278586,278595,278600,278601,278605,27860614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O20719312785951689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)620719312785951066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62071934278595,278600,278605,2786142228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220719319278582,278584,278588,278589,278593,278595,278596,278599,278600,278601,278602,278603,278604,278605,278606,278607,278609,278613,27861412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS220719312785955674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2127860317380
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62071933278595,278600,278614477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22071934278595,278602,278607,27861339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22071937278588,278595,278599,278602,278603,278607,27861361156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS16601930712
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22071931278595454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1660137912785864894
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2071933278582,278587,2785952473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS207193127859521482
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)62071931278595105


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_000005525 squre miles in southwesternmost Utah, samples ~ere collected about 1 mile north of U.S. Highway 91 in the drainage east of Summit Spring Wash
Jen_0000055a25 squre miles in southwesternmost Utah, samples ~ere collected about 1 mile north of U.S. Highway 91 in the drainage east of Summit Spring Wash
Jen_0000055b25 squre miles in southwesternmost Utah, samples ~ere collected about 1 mile north of U.S. Highway 91 in the drainage east of Summit Spring Wash


4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0000055166016601660K-Arage of metamorphismhornblendeU-6B    180323Beaver Dam Mountain, Tutsagubet District, Beaver Dam Mts, Washington Co., Utah, USABeaver Dam MtnsWasserburg and Lanphere (1965)10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2GSAB76_735 
Jen_0000055a137913791379Rb-Srage of intrusionbiotiteU-1    180323Beaver Dam Mountain, Tutsagubet District, Beaver Dam Mts, Washington Co., Utah, USABeaver Dam MtnsWasserburg and Lanphere (1965)10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2GSAB76_735 
Jen_0000055b150015001500Rb-Srage of intrusionmicroclineU-2f  Microcline  180323Beaver Dam Mountain, Tutsagubet District, Beaver Dam Mts, Washington Co., Utah, USABeaver Dam MtnsWasserburg and Lanphere (1965)10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2GSAB76_735intrusion of younger granite into older metamorphic terrain
sedznpb-00442207193200±7        4193Apex Mine (Dixie Mine; Utah-Eastern Mine; Dixie-Apex; Pen), Jarvis Peak, Tutsagubet District, Beaver Dam Mts, Washington Co., Utah, USAApexSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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