Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Desert Mountain, Deseret District (Desert Mountain District), Juab Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 8331
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8331.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Desert Mountain, Deseret District (Desert Mountain District), Juab Co., Utah, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
DML-6S Claim
Miller Mine
Rockwell Shaft (Orin Porter Rockwell)
Unknown Adit Occurrence [1]
Unknown Prospect

Latitude: 39°45'27"N
Longitude: 112°37'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.7575,-112.62555555556

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite

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 Ba C Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Chalcopyrite Corundum Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	274072	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	274072,274074	5516
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	274071	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	274070,274072,274074	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	274072	3531
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	274071,274072,274074	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	274072,274074	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	274072	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	274072	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	274070,274071,274072	61156
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	274072	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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