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Locality Name:
Jo Dandy Mine (Joe Dandy; Paradox D; Hummer; C; Blackburn; Yellow Bird No. 1; Oversight; Broker), Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3657
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3657.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jo Dandy Mine (Joe Dandy; Paradox D; Hummer; C; Blackburn; Yellow Bird No. 1; Oversight; Broker), Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hummer Mine

Latitude: 38°13'0"N
Longitude: 108°45'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.216666666667,-108.75

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si Sr U V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AjoiteClayDelrioiteDiasporeFluoriteFritzscheiteGypsumHewettiteNonePascoite
PyriteQuartzRamsdelliteSepioliteZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Barnesite  (*)Bayleyite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Delrioite  (*)
Fervanite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Häggite  (*)Hewettite  (*)Hummerite  (*)
Melanovanadite  (*)Metadelrioite  (*)Metahewettite  (*)Metarossite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)
Montroseite  (*)Navajoite  (*)Okieite  (*)Paramontroseite  (*)Pintadoite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rauvite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Sherwoodite  (*)
Simplotite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vanoxite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Barnesite  (*)HewettiteNa2V5+6O16·3H2O015
Bayleyite  (*)NoneMg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18H2O038
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11937001184
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O0566
Delrioite  (*)DelrioiteSr(VO3)2·4H2O0003
Fervanite  (*)NoneFe3+4V5+4O16·5H2O119370010
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11937006890
Häggite  (*)NoneV3+V4+O2(OH)3017
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O119370058
Hummerite  (*)PascoiteKMgV5+5O14·8H2O119370021
Melanovanadite  (*)NoneCa(V5+,V4+)4O10·5H2O020
Metadelrioite  (*)NoneSrCa(VO3)2(OH)20002
Metahewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·3H2O119370056
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O119370034
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O0129
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)0136
Navajoite  (*)Ajoite(V5+,Fe3+)10O24·12H2O119370011
Okieite  (*)PascoiteMg3[V10O28]·28H2O11937002
Paramontroseite  (*)RamsdelliteVO2039
Pintadoite  (*)NoneCa2V5+2O7·9H2O011
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rauvite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2V10O28·16H2O119370032
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O0241
Sherwoodite  (*)NoneCa5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39)·28H2O020
Simplotite  (*)NoneCaV4+4O9·5H2O11937009
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O0628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Vanoxite  (*)NoneV6O13·8H2O (?)023



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070450Hummer Mine, Jo Dandy Mine (Joe Dandy; Paradox D; Hummer; C; Blackburn; Yellow Bird No. 1; Oversight; Broker), Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070450


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