Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Notch Mines, Elk Ridge, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 242183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-242183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Notch Mines, Elk Ridge, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Notch No. 1 Mine
Notch No. 4 Mine
Notch No. 5 Mine (McKenzie)
Notch No. 6 Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meta-autunite	None
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Straczekite	Volborthite

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corvusite ()*	Cuprosklodowskite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Schröckingerite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Volborthite ()*

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: As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Si U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Malachite Marcasite Meta-autunite None
Pyrite Rocksalt Straczekite Volborthite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	252	201	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	252	201	4	276468,276469,276470,276471	27198
Corvusite ()*	Straczekite	(Na,Ca,K)_1-x(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺,Fe²⁺)₈O₂₀·4H₂O	252	201	2	276470,276471	79
Cuprosklodowskite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	252	201	2	276468,276469	58
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	252	201	2	276470,276471	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	252	201	0		7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	252	201	0		14640
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	252	201	3	276468,276469,276471	123
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	252	201	2	276468,276469	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	252	201	4	276468,276469,276470,276471	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	252	201	2	276468,276469	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	252	201	2	276468,276469	388
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	252	201	2	276470,276471	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	252	201	2	276468,276469	39462
Schröckingerite ()*	None	NaCa₃(UO₂)(SO₄)(CO₃)₃F·10H₂O	252	201	2	276470,276471	128
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	252	201	2	276468,276469	2718
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	252	201	2	276470,276471	155

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_744	The Triassic Shinarump member of the Chinle formation hosts the Blue Lizard Mine and other significant uranium deposits in the White Canyon District.
Michelle_745	Ore 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 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
	Michelle_744	252	201	Triassic		Age of host formation					Yes		Almandine, Calcite, Quartz, Zircon		38665	Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA	Blue Lizard Mine	Kasatkin et al. (2013)	10.1180/minmag.2013.077.3.10	MM77_367	Age of Shinarump member of the Chinle Formation.
	Michelle_745	252	201	Triassic		Age of uranium mineralization					Yes		Baryte, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Pyrite, Uraninite		38665	Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA	Blue Lizard Mine	Plasil et al. (2014)	10.3190/jgeosci.159	JG59_145	Age of paleochannel sedimentation in which uranium ore deposits are found.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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