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Locality Name:
La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), Montrose Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 50061
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50061.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), Montrose Co., Colorado, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Ball Point Claims
Birthday Mine
Carmack Potash
Carnotite Radium King
Cashin Mine (Red Chief Claim; Titon Claim; Angell Claim; Horse Shoe Claim; Bennie Claim; Maud Claim; Humboldt Claim)
Cliff Dweller Mine
Crown Prince
Evening Star Mine
Gramlich Group
Greasy Spoon Occurrence
Group 1 Martin Mesa
Monogram No. 13
Morning Glory Mines
Pi Warren No. 8 Occurrence (Wedge No. 8)
Pinion And Ceder Occurrence
Piper Nos. 1&3 (Piper And Shamrock)
Radium Cycle Mine
Red Hill And Mildred Occurrence
St. Patrick No. 9 Mine
Stocks Group
Sunrise Mine (Patented Claim: Sunrise; MS 16001)
Too High Mine
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10191239)
Uranium Girl Occurrence
Valley View Mine
Yellow Bird Mines (Yellow Bird Vanadium)

Latitude: 38°21'3"N
Longitude: 108°54'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.350833333333,-108.91333333333
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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteDevilline
DiasporeDomeykiteFluoriteKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteZircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Algodonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Coffinite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Domeykite  (*)
Galena  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Koutekite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Novákite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2202202193090,1930912793
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)220220119309041
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62202201193090919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22202203193090,193091,1931065509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2202204193090,193091,193098,19310611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42202204193090,193091,193098,1931065516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2202204193090,193091,193098,19310627770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62202201193090359
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O14193086,193092,193093,193094,193095,193096,193100,193101,193102,193103,193107,193109,193110,1931111184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2202203193090,193091,1931065707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22202202193090,19310627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2193098,1931063531
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2202200566
Copper  (*)CopperCu2202202193090,1930913846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2202203193090,193098,1931064165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2202202193090,1930912970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1193091366
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S162202201193090300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22202202193090,1930919895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As220220119309073
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2202202193090,19309124243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42202202193090,1930915591
Koutekite  (*)NoneCu5As2220220119309018
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2202201193090593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22202201193090987
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS42202203193090,193091,193106198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22202204193090,193091,193098,19310612537
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)1193110136
Novákite  (*)None(Cu,Ag)21As1022022011930903
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22202202193090,19309139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22202202193090,19309161156
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23193093,193107,193111253
Silver  (*)CopperAg2202202193090,1930915186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2202202193090,19309121482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132202202193090,1930911803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11931061101
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O3193093,193107,193111628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO23193086,193095,1931012718


1 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
sedcu-00685220220Triassic       Cu22531Cashin Mine (Red Chief Claim; Titon Claim; Angell Claim; Horse Shoe Claim; Bennie Claim; Maud Claim; Humboldt Claim), La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), Montrose Co., Colorado, USACashinCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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