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Locality Name:
Cactus Rat Mine (Blue Bird), The Poison Strip, Thompsons District (S. E. Thomsons), Grand Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 4152
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4152.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cactus Rat Mine (Blue Bird), The Poison Strip, Thompsons District (S. E. Thomsons), Grand Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°51'4"N
Longitude: 109°29'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.851111111111,-109.48333333333
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 Ca Co Fe H K Na O P S Se Si Ti U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Co Fe H K Na O P S Se Si Ti U V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CobaltomeniteHewettiteMarcasiteMicaNonePhosphuranylitePyriteStraczekite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Bariandite  (*)Barnesite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cobaltomenite  (*)Dzharkenite  (*)
Fernandinite  (*)Ferroselite  (*)Hewettite  (*)Metahewettite  (*)Metamunirite  (*)
Metarossite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Rauvite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Rossite  (*)
Steigerite  (*)Thénardite  (*)Threadgoldite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Vanoxite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bariandite  (*)StraczekiteAl0.6(V5+,V4+)8O20·9H2O06
Barnesite  (*)HewettiteNa2V5+6O16·3H2O015
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O01184
Cobaltomenite  (*)CobaltomeniteCo(Se4+O3)·2H2O011
Dzharkenite  (*)PyriteFeSe204
Fernandinite  (*)Straczekite(Ca,Na,K)0.9(V5+,V4+,Fe2+,Ti)8O20·4H2O07
Ferroselite  (*)MarcasiteFeSe2051
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O058
Metahewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·3H2O056
Metamunirite  (*)NoneNaV5+O300014
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O034
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O0182
Rauvite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2V10O28·16H2O032
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)20253
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O029
Steigerite  (*)NoneAl(VO4)·3H2O010
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)0299
Threadgoldite  (*)NoneAl(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH)·8H2O09
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O0628
Vanoxite  (*)NoneV6O13·8H2O (?)023


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060883Cactus Rat Mine (Blue Bird), The Poison Strip, Thompsons District (S. E. Thomsons), Grand Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060883

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