Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Widowmaker Mine, Fry Mesa, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 252
Youngest recorded age at locality: 201

mindat Locality ID: 135091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135091.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Widowmaker Mine, Fry Mesa, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°37'44"N
Longitude: 110°6'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.628888888889,-110.10138888889

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.

Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Copper	Cyanotrichite	Devilline	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Johannite	Leydetite	None
Not in a structural group	Zippeite

Ammoniozippeite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Bobcookite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*
Gypsum ()*	Johannite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Natrozippeite ()*	Pickeringite ()*
Pseudojohannite ()*	Straßmannite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H Mg N Na O P S U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg N Na O P S U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Chalcanthite Copper Cyanotrichite Devilline Gypsum Halotrichite Johannite Leydetite None
Not in a structural group Zippeite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ammoniozippeite ()*	Zippeite	(NH₄)₂[(UO₂)₂(SO₄)O₂]·H₂O	252	201	4
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	252	201	246
Bobcookite ()*	Not in a structural group	NaAl(UO₂)₂(SO₄)₄·18H₂O	0	0	4
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	252	201	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	252	201	1633
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	252	201	88
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	252	201	925
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	252	201	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	252	201	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	252	201	366
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	252	201	6890
Johannite ()*	Johannite	Cu(UO₂)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	252	201	69
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	252	201	443
Natrozippeite ()*	Zippeite	Na₅(UO₂)₈(SO₄)₄O₅(OH)₃·12H₂O	252	201	41
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	252	201	265
Pseudojohannite ()*	None	Cu₃(OH)₂[(UO₂)₄O₄(SO₄)₂]·12H₂O	0	0	10
Straßmannite ()*	Leydetite	Al(UO₂)(SO₄)₂F·16H₂O	252	201	2

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_744	The Triassic Shinarump member of the Chinle formation hosts the Blue Lizard Mine and other significant uranium deposits in the White Canyon District.
Michelle_745	Ore minerals were deposited as replacement of wood and other organic material and as disseminations in the enclosing sandstone found in paleochannels.

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_744	252	201	Triassic		Age of host formation					Yes		Almandine, Calcite, Quartz, Zircon		38665	Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA	Blue Lizard Mine	Kasatkin et al. (2013)	10.1180/minmag.2013.077.3.10	MM77_367	Age of Shinarump member of the Chinle Formation.
	Michelle_745	252	201	Triassic		Age of uranium mineralization					Yes		Baryte, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Pyrite, Uraninite		38665	Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA	Blue Lizard Mine	Plasil et al. (2014)	10.3190/jgeosci.159	JG59_145	Age of paleochannel sedimentation in which uranium ore deposits are found.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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