Sunshine Canyon Mine No. 3, Sunshine Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, USAi
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Sunshine Canyon Mine No. 3 | Mine |
Sunshine Mining District | Mining District |
Tooele County | County |
Utah | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 17' 27'' North , 112° 11' 25'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Cedar Fort | 383 (2017) | 8.3km |
Fairfield | 130 (2017) | 8.9km |
Cedar Valley | 871 (2013) | 10.4km |
Eagle Mountain | 27,332 (2017) | 15.8km |
Stockton | 642 (2017) | 23.0km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Tooele Gem & Mineral Society | Tooele, Utah | 28km |
Rockhounders Outreach for Community Knowledge | Sandy, Utah | 42km |
Timpanogos Gem & Mineral Society | Provo, Utah | 46km |
Mindat Locality ID:
183936
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:183936:7
GUID (UUID V4):
a68e7ee4-b02f-44b6-ab43-c40f9c122e08
REF:Deposit:: VAN SANT, JOEL, N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S.BUR. OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8213.
Deposit:: BISSELL, H.J., ET. AL., 1959, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO.14, UT. GEOL. SOC.)U.G.M.S. BULL.14,262P.
Deposit:: HYATT, E.P., 1956,
Commodities (Major) - Clay
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Long Trail Shale Mbr Of The Great Blue
Structure: Basin And Range, Fissures, Fractures, Fault And Fold
Host Rock: Limestone, Shale
Tectonic Structure: Sevier Oroginic Belt
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
4 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
β 'Chlorite Group' |
β Halloysite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
β Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
β | Halloysite | 9.ED.10 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Unclassified | |||
β | 'Chlorite Group' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Halloysite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
H | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
H | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | β Halloysite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
O | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
O | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Halloysite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Al | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Al | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Halloysite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
Si | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
K | Potassium | |
K | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
K | β Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10087675 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
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- Oquirrh BasinBasin
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