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Locality Name:
Parco Mine Group, Yellow Cat Mesa, Thompsons District (S. E. Thomsons), Grand Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 183008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-183008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parco Mine Group, Yellow Cat Mesa, Thompsons District (S. E. Thomsons), Grand Co., Utah, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Molly Hogan Group
Parco No. 1
Parco No. 13 Occurrence
Parco No. 15
Parco No. 2
Parco No. 20
Parco No. 23 Mine
Parco No. 24
Parco No. 25
Parco No. 6
Parco No. 7

Latitude: 38°50'36"N
Longitude: 109°31'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.843333333333,-109.51777777778
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 Mg Na O Pb S Se Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H K O Si U V 

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

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Andersonite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cobaltomenite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Corvusite  (*)
Ferroselite  (*)Galena  (*)Grantsite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Häggite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnesiozippeite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metarossite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)
Montroseite  (*)Natrozippeite  (*)Nestolaite  (*)Paramontroseite  (*)Pascoite  (*)
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)3·5-6H2O127371847
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O01184
Cobaltomenite  (*)CobaltomeniteCo(Se4+O3)·2H2O2273710,27371811
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O0566
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O127371879
Ferroselite  (*)MarcasiteFeSe2127371051
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS127371824243
Grantsite  (*)Hewettite(Na,Ca)2+x(V5+,V4+)6O16·4H2O2273718,2737207
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3273710,273718,2737196890
Häggite  (*)NoneV3+V4+O2(OH)3127371817
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127371814640
Magnesiozippeite  (*)ZippeiteMg(UO2)2(SO4)O2·3.5H2O00127371914
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212737185674
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O127371834
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1273718129
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)1273718136
Natrozippeite  (*)ZippeiteNa5(UO2)8(SO4)4O5(OH)3·12H2O2273718,27371941
Nestolaite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaSeO3·H2O12737102
Paramontroseite  (*)RamsdelliteVO2127371839
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O078
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127371839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2127371861156
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21273718253
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O127371829
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O1273718128
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1273718143
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1273718628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22273718,2737192718
Vanoxite  (*)NoneV6O13·8H2O (?)127371823
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)41273718175


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