Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 26859
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26859.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bedrock Area
Bitter Creek Mine
Dolores River
Hack Claim
J J Mine
Jo Dandy Mine (Joe Dandy; Paradox D; Hummer; C; Blackburn; Yellow Bird No. 1; Oversight; Broker)
Long Park
Mineral Joe No. 1 Mine
Virgin No. 2 Mine
Virgin No. 3 Mine
Wild Steer Canyon

Latitude: 38°15'49"N
Longitude: 108°46'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.263611111111,-108.76722222222

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.

Ajoite	Baryte	Brackebuschite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Delrioite	Diaspore
Fluorite	Fritzscheite	Gypsum	Hewettite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pascoite	Pyrite
Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Straczekite	Sulphur	Zircon

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Se Si Sr U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O Pb V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Ajoite Baryte Brackebuschite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Delrioite Diaspore
Fluorite Fritzscheite Gypsum Hewettite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pascoite Pyrite
Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Straczekite Sulphur Zircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Barnesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayleyite ()*	Brackebuschite ()*	Calcite ()*
Calderónite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Corvusite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delrioite ()*	Doloresite ()*	Eucairite ()*
Ferroselite ()*	Fervanite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Häggite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hendersonite ()*	Hewettite ()*
Hummerite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanovanadite ()*	Metadelrioite ()*	Metahewettite ()*
Metarossite ()*	Metatyuyamunite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Montroseite ()*	Navajoite ()*
Okieite ()*	Paramontroseite ()*	Pascoite ()*	Pintadoite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rauvite ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Selenium ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Sherwoodite ()*	Simplotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetra-auricupride ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Vanoxite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Barnesite ()*	Hewettite	Na₂V⁵⁺₆O₁₆·3H₂O			2	193698,193699	15
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	193695,193698	11547
Bayleyite ()*	None	Mg₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·18H₂O			2	193698,193699	38
Brackebuschite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Mn³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)			1	193697	15
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	193698	27770
Calderónite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Fe³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)			0		29
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			7	193695,193698,193699,193700,193701,193703,193707	1184
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	193695	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe			1	193705	281
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			4	193698,193699,193704,193705	566
Corvusite ()*	Straczekite	(Na,Ca,K)_1-x(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺,Fe²⁺)₈O₂₀·4H₂O			3	193695,193698,193703	79
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	193696	2970
Delrioite ()*	Delrioite	Sr(VO₃)₂·4H₂O	0	0	1	193699	3
Doloresite ()*	None	V⁴⁺₃O₄(OH)₄			1	193698	23
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe			1	193696	54
Ferroselite ()*	Marcasite	FeSe₂			2	193695,193705	51
Fervanite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₄V⁵⁺₄O₁₆·5H₂O			2	193699,193700	10
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	193698,193705	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	193705	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	193694	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			5	193695,193698,193699,193700,193703	6890
Häggite ()*	None	V³⁺V⁴⁺O₂(OH)₃			1	193699	17
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	193705	14640
Hendersonite ()*	Hewettite	Ca_1.3(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺)₆O₁₆·6H₂O			1	193698	5
Hewettite ()*	Hewettite	CaV⁵⁺₆O₁₆·9H₂O			6	193695,193698,193699,193700,193701,193703	58
Hummerite ()*	Pascoite	KMgV⁵⁺₅O₁₄·8H₂O			2	193700,193701	21
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			3	193698,193703,193705	5674
Melanovanadite ()*	None	Ca(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺)₄O₁₀·5H₂O			3	193695,193698,193699	20
Metadelrioite ()*	None	SrCa(VO₃)₂(OH)₂	0	0	1	193699	2
Metahewettite ()*	Hewettite	CaV⁵⁺₆O₁₆·3H₂O			2	193699,193700	56
Metarossite ()*	None	CaV⁵⁺₂O₆·2H₂O			2	193699,193700	34
Metatyuyamunite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			5	193695,193698,193699,193701,193703	129
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	193703	1508
Montroseite ()*	Diaspore	(V³⁺,Fe²⁺,V⁴⁺)O(OH)			4	193695,193698,193699,193704	136
Navajoite ()*	Ajoite	(V⁵⁺,Fe³⁺)₁₀O₂₄·12H₂O			1	193700	11
Okieite ()*	Pascoite	Mg₃[V₁₀O₂₈]·28H₂O			1	193700	2
Paramontroseite ()*	Ramsdellite	VO₂			5	193695,193698,193699,193703,193705	39
Pascoite ()*	Pascoite	Ca₃V⁵⁺₁₀O₂₈·17H₂O			3	193695,193701,193702	78
Pintadoite ()*	None	Ca₂V⁵⁺₂O₇·9H₂O			1	193699	11
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			6	193695,193698,193699,193702,193703,193705	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	193698,193699	61156
Rauvite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂V₁₀O₂₈·16H₂O			5	193695,193698,193699,193700,193701	32
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	193694,193696	253
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se			2	193698,193705	143
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	193699	241
Sherwoodite ()*	None	Ca_5.5(AlV⁴⁺V⁵⁺₁₂O₃₉)·28H₂O			3	193698,193699,193703	20
Simplotite ()*	None	CaV⁴⁺₄O₉·5H₂O			2	193698,193700	9
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	193698	21482
Tetra-auricupride ()*	None	CuAu			1	193694	30
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O			5	193695,193698,193699,193701,193703	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			3	193695,193698,193699	2718
Vanoxite ()*	None	V₆O₁₃·8H₂O (?)			3	193699,193702,193707	23

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050391	J J Mine, Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R050391
R070450	Hummer Mine, Jo Dandy Mine (Joe Dandy; Paradox D; Hummer; C; Blackburn; Yellow Bird No. 1; Oversight; Broker), Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R070450
R070467	Mineral Joe No. 1 Mine, Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R070467
R070461	Virgin No. 3 Mine, Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R070461

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