Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wilson Mesa District (Wheeler Desert District), Wilson Mesa, Grand Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 29620
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29620.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wilson Mesa District (Wheeler Desert District), Wilson Mesa, Grand Co., Utah, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
About Time & Others Occurrence
Columbus Prospect
Manganese Prospect (MRDS - 10096497)
North Cloud No. 1 Occurrence (North Mesa; South Deposit)
North Mesa-Skeeter Occurrence
North Murphy Prospect
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10089517)
Unknown Vanadium - Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10096499)
Valley View Mine

Latitude: 38°32'42"N
Longitude: 109°20'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.545,-109.33555555556

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.

Copper	Corundum	None	Rutile

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 Au Ca Fe H K Mn O U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Corundum None Rutile

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Carnotite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Melanovanadite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Sherwoodite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	4	273747,273750,273751,273752	1184
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	273744,273749	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	273752	14640
Melanovanadite ()*	None	Ca(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺)₄O₁₀·5H₂O	0		20
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	273746	3106
Sherwoodite ()*	None	Ca_5.5(AlV⁴⁺V⁵⁺₁₂O₃₉)·28H₂O	0		20
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	2	273751,273752	628

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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