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Locality Name:
Lion Canyon, La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), San Juan Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 238969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lion Canyon, La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Black Hat Mine
Blue Cap Mine

Latitude: 38°20'13"N
Longitude: 109°3'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.336944444444,-109.06027777778
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Se Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AjoiteAutuniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteDevillineDiasporeFluoriteGypsumHewettite
MicaNonePascoitePyriteRamsdelliteRocksaltStraczekiteSulphurVolborthiteZippeite
Zircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Corvusite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickthomssenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hewettite  (*)Lasalite  (*)Magnesiopascoite  (*)Martyite  (*)
Melanovanadite  (*)Metarossite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Natrozippeite  (*)Navajoite  (*)
Paramontroseite  (*)Pascoite  (*)Postite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)
Rossite  (*)Selenium  (*)Sherwoodite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranopilite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)127608811547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612760881633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)127608827770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O12760871184
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1276088281
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2276087,276088566
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O2276087,27608879
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1276088366
Dickthomssenite  (*)NoneMgV2O6·7H2O12760886
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212760889895
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12760886890
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O127608858
Lasalite  (*)PascoiteNa2Mg2V10O28·20H2O12760885
Magnesiopascoite  (*)PascoiteCa2MgV5+10O28·16H2O0012760886
Martyite  (*)VolborthiteZn3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O0012760884
Melanovanadite  (*)NoneCa(V5+,V4+)4O10·5H2O2276087,27608820
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O127608834
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)2276087,276088136
Natrozippeite  (*)ZippeiteNa5(UO2)8(SO4)4O5(OH)3·12H2O127608841
Navajoite  (*)Ajoite(V5+,Fe3+)10O24·12H2O127608811
Paramontroseite  (*)RamsdelliteVO2127608839
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O127608878
Postite  (*)PascoiteMg(H2O)6Al2(OH)2(H2O)8(V10O28)·13H2O002276087,2760884
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22276087,27608839462
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21276087253
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O127608829
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1276088143
Sherwoodite  (*)NoneCa5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39)·28H2O127608820
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12760882045
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1276088628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22276087,2760882718
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O127608894
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O1276088185


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100065Blue Cap Mine, Lion Canyon, La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R100065

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