Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Montrose Co., Colorado, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 23443
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23443.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montrose Co., Colorado, USA": 1052
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1036

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Bedrock
Bull Canyon District
Chipeta District
Dolores Camp
Gypsum Valley
Hydraulic District
Johnstown
Klondykee Occurrence
La Sal District (Paradox Valley District)
Lone Tree Mesa (Blue Mesa)
Monogram Mesa
Montrose
Naturita District (Vixen District)
Roc Creek District
Sinbad District
Slick Rock District
Unknown Clay - Fire (Refractory; MRDS - 10017970)
Unknown Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10142221)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10017485)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10017730)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10017973)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10017994)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10108260)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10191121)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10281467)
Unknown Vanadium - Uranium (MRDS - 10017586)
Unknown Vanadium - Uranium (MRDS - 10017807)
Unknown Vanadium - Uranium (MRDS - 10018095)
Unknown Vanadium - Uranium (MRDS - 10108274)
Uravan District

Latitude: 38°14'46"N
Longitude: 108°43'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.246111111111,-108.7175

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Ajoite	Allophane	Analcime	Apatite	Autunite	Baryte	Brackebuschite	Calcite
Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Delrioite	Descloizite	Devilline	Diaspore
Digenite	Domeykite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Fritzscheite	Gypsum	Hewettite	Johannite	Kaolinite	Linarite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Minasragrite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pascoite	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite
Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Straczekite	Sulphur
Tetrahedrite	Volborthite	Zippeite	Zircon

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Se Si Sr Ti U V Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Ajoite Allophane Analcime Apatite Autunite Baryte Brackebuschite Calcite
Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Delrioite Descloizite Devilline Diaspore
Digenite Domeykite Feldspar Fluorite Fritzscheite Gypsum Hewettite Johannite Kaolinite Linarite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Minasragrite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pascoite Phosphuranylite Pyrite
Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt Scheelite Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stannite Straczekite Sulphur
Tetrahedrite Volborthite Zippeite Zircon

114 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Algodonite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andersonite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bariandite ()*	Barnesite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bayleyite ()*	Bicapite ()*	Bluestreakite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brackebuschite ()*	Calciodelrioite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calderónite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Carnotite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clausthalite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Corvusite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Delrioite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Devilline ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Doloresite ()*	Domeykite ()*	Duttonite ()*	Eucairite ()*
Fernandinite ()*	Ferroselite ()*	Fervanite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grantsite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Häggite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hendersonite ()*	Hewettite ()*	Huemulite ()*	Hughesite ()*
Hummerite ()*	Johannite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Koutekite ()*	Langite ()*
Linarite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnesiopascoite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanovanadite ()*	Metadelrioite ()*	Metahewettite ()*	Metamunirite ()*	Metarossite ()*
Metasideronatrite ()*	Metatyuyamunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Montroseite ()*	Munirite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Navajoite ()*	Novákite ()*
Okieite ()*	Orthominasragrite ()*	Paramontroseite ()*	Pascoite ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*
Pintadoite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rauvite ()*
Roscoelite ()*	Rossite ()*	Schröckingerite ()*	Selenium ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Sherwoodite ()*	Silver ()*	Simplotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Steigerite ()*
Tangeite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetra-auricupride ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Uranopilite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vanoxite ()*
Vésigniéite ()*	Volborthite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zippeite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	220	220	2	193090,193091	2793
Algodonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu_1-xAs_x (x ≈ 0.15)	220	220	1	193090	41
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	100	100	2	193112,193136	1627
Andersonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Ca(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·5-6H₂O			1	193036	47
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	193116	3092
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	220	220	1	193090	919
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	193191	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	220	220	3	193090,193091,193106	5509
Bariandite ()*	Straczekite	Al_0.6(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺)₈O₂₀·9H₂O			1	193356	6
Barnesite ()*	Hewettite	Na₂V⁵⁺₆O₁₆·3H₂O			4	193263,193412,193698,193699	15
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	220	220	9	193090,193091,193098,193106,193423,193512,193689,193695,193698	11547
Bayleyite ()*	None	Mg₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·18H₂O			2	193698,193699	38
Bicapite ()*	None	[KNa₂Mg₂(H₂O)₂₅][H₂PV⁵⁺₁₂O₄₀(V⁵⁺O)₂]			1	193722	1
Bluestreakite ()*	Pascoite	K₄Mg₂(V⁴⁺₂V⁵⁺₈O₂₈)·14H₂O	0	0	1	193036	1
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	220	220	5	193090,193091,193098,193106,193120	5516
Brackebuschite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Mn³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)			1	193697	15
Calciodelrioite ()*	Delrioite	Ca(VO₃)₂·4H₂O	0	0	1	193036	4
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	220	220	7	193090,193091,193098,193106,193116,193120,193698	27770
Calderónite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Fe³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)			1	193693	29
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	220	220	1	193090	359
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			65	193035,193041,193042,193043,193047,193049,193050,193051,193052,193072,193081,193086,193092,193093,193094,193095,193096,193100,193101,193102,193103,193107,193109,193110,193111,193114,193145,193165,193170,193212,193224,193240,193246,193263,193372,193423,193438,193484,193507,193512,193529,193544,193568,193594,193630,193642,193664,193689,193695,193698,193699,193700,193701,193703,193707,193726,193748,193788,193805,193825,193842,193881,194050,194070,194076	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	220	220	6	193090,193091,193106,193120,193261,193263	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	220	220	6	193090,193106,193120,193165,193263,193695	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	193098,193106	3531
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe			2	193320,193705	281
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	220	220	12	193085,193145,193170,193191,193263,193423,193605,193698,193699,193704,193705,194060	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	220	220	2	193090,193091	3846
Corvusite ()*	Straczekite	(Na,Ca,K)_1-x(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺,Fe²⁺)₈O₂₀·4H₂O			9	193036,193081,193263,193423,193512,193695,193698,193703,193842	79
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	220	220	3	193090,193098,193106	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	220	220	3	193090,193091,193696	2970
Delrioite ()*	Delrioite	Sr(VO₃)₂·4H₂O	0	0	2	193036,193699	3
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	100	100	1	193136	378
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	193091	366
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	193263	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	220	220	1	193090	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	220	220	4	193090,193091,193116,193423	9895
Doloresite ()*	None	V⁴⁺₃O₄(OH)₄			4	193263,193320,193423,193698	23
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	220	220	1	193090	73
Duttonite ()*	None	V⁴⁺O(OH)₂			1	193263	7
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe			1	193696	54
Fernandinite ()*	Straczekite	(Ca,Na,K)_0.9(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺,Fe²⁺,Ti)₈O₂₀·4H₂O			1	193842	7
Ferroselite ()*	Marcasite	FeSe₂			9	193136,193191,193399,193512,193549,193695,193705,193883,194035	51
Fervanite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₄V⁵⁺₄O₁₆·5H₂O			3	193412,193699,193700	10
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	193904	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	220	220	6	193090,193091,193165,193263,193698,193705	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	193705	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	193078,193694	30554
Grantsite ()*	Hewettite	(Na,Ca)_2+x(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺)₆O₁₆·4H₂O			2	193423,193512	7
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			6	193036,193695,193698,193699,193700,193703	6890
Häggite ()*	None	V³⁺V⁴⁺O₂(OH)₃			1	193699	17
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	193050,193053,193705	14640
Hendersonite ()*	Hewettite	Ca_1.3(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺)₆O₁₆·6H₂O			1	193698	5
Hewettite ()*	Hewettite	CaV⁵⁺₆O₁₆·9H₂O			14	193081,193262,193263,193324,193412,193423,193512,193643,193695,193698,193699,193700,193701,193703	58
Huemulite ()*	Pascoite	Na₄MgV⁵⁺₁₀O₂₈·24H₂O			1	193036	16
Hughesite ()*	Pascoite	Na₃AlV₁₀O₂₈·22H₂O	0	0	1	193036	4
Hummerite ()*	Pascoite	KMgV⁵⁺₅O₁₄·8H₂O			6	193036,193263,193670,193700,193701,194055	21
Johannite ()*	Johannite	Cu(UO₂)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	100	100	1	193136	69
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	220	220	2	193090,193091	5591
Koutekite ()*	None	Cu₅As₂	220	220	1	193090	18
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	220	220	1	193090	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	220	220	1	193090	987
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	220	220	3	193090,193091,193106	198
Magnesiopascoite ()*	Pascoite	Ca₂MgV⁵⁺₁₀O₂₈·16H₂O	0	0	2	193036,193081	6
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	220	220	7	193090,193091,193098,193106,193120,193263,193689	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			5	193263,193423,193698,193703,193705	5674
Melanovanadite ()*	None	Ca(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺)₄O₁₀·5H₂O			5	193263,193695,193698,193699,193842	20
Metadelrioite ()*	None	SrCa(VO₃)₂(OH)₂	0	0	1	193699	2
Metahewettite ()*	Hewettite	CaV⁵⁺₆O₁₆·3H₂O			2	193699,193700	56
Metamunirite ()*	None	NaV⁵⁺O₃	0	0	1	193036	14
Metarossite ()*	None	CaV⁵⁺₂O₆·2H₂O			4	193036,193170,193699,193700	34
Metasideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·H₂O			1	193053	28
Metatyuyamunite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			6	193263,193695,193698,193699,193701,193703	129
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	193422,193647	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	193263	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			2	193136,193703	1508
Montroseite ()*	Diaspore	(V³⁺,Fe²⁺,V⁴⁺)O(OH)			12	193036,193081,193110,193165,193263,193356,193695,193698,193699,193704,193842,194055	136
Munirite ()*	None	NaV⁵⁺O₃·1.9H₂O			1	193036	5
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	193422,193647	17380
Navajoite ()*	Ajoite	(V⁵⁺,Fe³⁺)₁₀O₂₄·12H₂O			2	193693,193700	11
Novákite ()*	None	(Cu,Ag)₂₁As₁₀	220	220	1	193090	3
Okieite ()*	Pascoite	Mg₃[V₁₀O₂₈]·28H₂O			1	193700	2
Orthominasragrite ()*	Minasragrite	V⁴⁺O(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	193605	2
Paramontroseite ()*	Ramsdellite	VO₂			9	193191,193263,193356,193423,193695,193698,193699,193703,193705	39
Pascoite ()*	Pascoite	Ca₃V⁵⁺₁₀O₂₈·17H₂O			7	193036,193170,193263,193602,193695,193701,193702	78
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	220	100	0		182
Pintadoite ()*	None	Ca₂V⁵⁺₂O₇·9H₂O			2	193263,193699	11
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	193036	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	220	220	11	193090,193091,193191,193263,193423,193695,193698,193699,193702,193703,193705	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	220	220	8	193036,193090,193091,193263,193356,193422,193698,193699	61156
Rauvite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂V₁₀O₂₈·16H₂O			8	193081,193423,193512,193695,193698,193699,193700,193701	32
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			7	193030,193093,193107,193111,193642,193694,193696	253
Rossite ()*	None	Ca(VO₃)₂·4H₂O			2	193036,193170	29
Schröckingerite ()*	None	NaCa₃(UO₂)(SO₄)(CO₃)₃F·10H₂O			1	194070	128
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se			3	193263,193698,193705	143
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	193699	241
Sherwoodite ()*	None	Ca_5.5(AlV⁴⁺V⁵⁺₁₂O₃₉)·28H₂O			4	193263,193698,193699,193703	20
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	220	220	3	193078,193090,193091	5186
Simplotite ()*	None	CaV⁴⁺₄O₉·5H₂O			4	193191,193263,193698,193700	9
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	220	220	7	193090,193091,193165,193191,193263,193423,193698	21482
Steigerite ()*	None	Al(VO₄)·3H₂O			1	193517	10
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)			3	193642,193726,193793	60
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	220	220	2	193090,193091	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	193106	1101
Tetra-auricupride ()*	None	CuAu			1	193694	30
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O			15	193048,193093,193107,193111,193263,193423,193512,193689,193695,193698,193699,193701,193703,193842,194070	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			20	193035,193051,193086,193095,193101,193145,193165,193170,193212,193263,193356,193423,193484,193511,193695,193698,193699,193805,193842,194050	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			2	193081,194070	890
Uranopilite ()*	None	(UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆·14H₂O	100	100	1	193136	94
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	100	100	1	193136	605
Vanoxite ()*	None	V₆O₁₃·8H₂O (?)			4	193079,193699,193702,193707	23
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	193689	46
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O			2	193726,193859	155
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	100	100	1	193136	1655
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	100	100	1	193136	175

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
	sedcu-00685	220	220	Triassic										Cu	22531	Cashin Mine (Red Chief Claim; Titon Claim; Angell Claim; Horse Shoe Claim; Bennie Claim; Maud Claim; Humboldt Claim), La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), Montrose Co., Colorado, USA	Cashin	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	sedcu-00683	100	100	Cretaceous										Cu	116583	Copper King Mine, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA	Copper King	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070160	Montrose Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R070160
R050391	J J Mine, Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R050391
R070450	Hummer Mine, Jo Dandy Mine (Joe Dandy; Paradox D; Hummer; C; Blackburn; Yellow Bird No. 1; Oversight; Broker), Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R070450
R070467	Mineral Joe No. 1 Mine, Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R070467
R070461	Virgin No. 3 Mine, Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA	https://rruff.info/R070461

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