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Locality Name:
Parco No. 23 Mine, Parco Mine Group, Yellow Cat Mesa, Thompsons District (S. E. Thomsons), Grand Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 17769
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17769.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parco No. 23 Mine, Parco Mine Group, Yellow Cat Mesa, Thompsons District (S. E. Thomsons), Grand Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°49'59"N
Longitude: 109°31'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.833055555556,-109.53305555556
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 C Ca Co F Fe H K Na O Pb S Se Si U V 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CobaltomeniteCorundumDiasporeFluoriteFritzscheiteGypsumHewettiteMarcasiteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltStraczekiteSulphurZippeite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Andersonite  (*)Cobaltomenite  (*)Corvusite  (*)Galena  (*)Grantsite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Häggite  (*)Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metarossite  (*)
Metatyuyamunite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Natrozippeite  (*)Paramontroseite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Rossite  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Selenium  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vanoxite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andersonite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·5-6H2O047
Cobaltomenite  (*)CobaltomeniteCo(Se4+O3)·2H2O011
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O079
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Grantsite  (*)Hewettite(Na,Ca)2+x(V5+,V4+)6O16·4H2O07
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Häggite  (*)NoneV3+V4+O2(OH)3017
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O034
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O0129
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)0136
Natrozippeite  (*)ZippeiteNa5(UO2)8(SO4)4O5(OH)3·12H2O041
Paramontroseite  (*)RamsdelliteVO2039
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)20253
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O029
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O0128
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe0143
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O0628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Vanoxite  (*)NoneV6O13·8H2O (?)023
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)40175


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