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Locality Name:
Blue Cap Mine, Lion Canyon, La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), San Juan Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 112004
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-112004.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Cap Mine, Lion Canyon, La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°20'12"N
Longitude: 109°3'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.336666666667,-109.06083333333
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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Se Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Se Si U V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AjoiteAutuniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteDevillineDiasporeFluoriteGypsumHewettite
NonePascoitePyriteRamsdelliteRocksaltStraczekiteSulphurVolborthiteZippeiteZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Corvusite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickthomssenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hewettite  (*)Lasalite  (*)Magnesiopascoite  (*)Martyite  (*)Melanovanadite  (*)
Metarossite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Natrozippeite  (*)Navajoite  (*)Paramontroseite  (*)
Pascoite  (*)Postite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rossite  (*)Selenium  (*)
Sherwoodite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranopilite  (*)
Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe0281
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O0566
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O079
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Dickthomssenite  (*)NoneMgV2O6·7H2O06
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O058
Lasalite  (*)PascoiteNa2Mg2V10O28·20H2O05
Magnesiopascoite  (*)PascoiteCa2MgV5+10O28·16H2O0006
Martyite  (*)VolborthiteZn3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O0004
Melanovanadite  (*)NoneCa(V5+,V4+)4O10·5H2O020
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O034
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)0136
Natrozippeite  (*)ZippeiteNa5(UO2)8(SO4)4O5(OH)3·12H2O041
Navajoite  (*)Ajoite(V5+,Fe3+)10O24·12H2O011
Paramontroseite  (*)RamsdelliteVO2039
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O078
Postite  (*)PascoiteMg(H2O)6Al2(OH)2(H2O)8(V10O28)·13H2O0004
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O029
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe0143
Sherwoodite  (*)NoneCa5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39)·28H2O020
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O0628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O094
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O0185


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100065Blue Cap Mine, Lion Canyon, La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R100065

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