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Locality Name:
Golden Cycle Mine (Bowen), Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 116690
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-116690.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Golden Cycle Mine (Bowen), Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°24'20"N
Longitude: 108°47'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.405555555556,-108.79972222222
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: Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si U V Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteFluoriteHewettiteMarcasiteNonePyriteRamsdelliteSphaleriteStraczekiteZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Carnotite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Corvusite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Doloresite  (*)Grantsite  (*)Hewettite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Paramontroseite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Rauvite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
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
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O01184
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O0566
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O079
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Doloresite  (*)NoneV4+3O4(OH)4023
Grantsite  (*)Hewettite(Na,Ca)2+x(V5+,V4+)6O16·4H2O07
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O058
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Paramontroseite  (*)RamsdelliteVO2039
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Rauvite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2V10O28·16H2O032
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O0628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718


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