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Locality Name:
Fry Canyon [town], White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 180514
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-180514.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fry Canyon [town], White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bee Mine
Bell No. 1 Mine (Blue Group)
Ears Mine
Fry No. 4 Mine
Gizmo Mine
Nash Car Mine
Yellow John Mine

Latitude: 37°35'32"N
Longitude: 110°7'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.592222222222,-110.11972222222
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeFluoriteHalotrichite
JohanniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteZippeite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carnotite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Johannite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)42522011276496246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2522012276494,2764999052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22522012276494,2764965509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42522013276494,276496,2764995516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)252201127649427770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O25220112764961184
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2522011276496925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2522013276494,276497,2764995707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22522015276494,276495,276496,276497,27649927198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2522013276494,276496,2764994165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2522012276494,27649924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)25220112764947437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32522012276494,27649614640
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)2522011276496123
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62522012276493,2764962228
Johannite  (*)JohanniteCu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O2522012276494,27649969
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22522015276494,276495,276496,276497,27649912537
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O2522011276496265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22522014276494,276495,276496,27649939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2252201127649461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2522012276494,27649921482
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O2522012276494,2764991059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22522013276495,276496,2764972718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2522012276494,276496890
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)42522012276494,276499175


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_744The Triassic Shinarump member of the Chinle formation hosts the Blue Lizard Mine and other significant uranium deposits in the White Canyon District.
Michelle_745Ore 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 IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_744252201Triassic Age of host formation   YesAlmandine, Calcite, Quartz, Zircon 38665Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USABlue Lizard MineKasatkin et al. (2013)10.1180/minmag.2013.077.3.10MM77_367Age of Shinarump member of the Chinle Formation.
Michelle_745252201Triassic Age of uranium mineralization   YesBaryte, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Pyrite, Uraninite 38665Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USABlue Lizard MinePlasil et al. (2014)10.3190/jgeosci.159JG59_145Age of paleochannel sedimentation in which uranium ore deposits are found.

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