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Locality Name:
Red Creek (Browns Park), Daggett Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 245748
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245748.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Creek (Browns Park), Daggett Co., Utah, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Red Creek Occurrence
Yellow Canary Uranium Deposit

Latitude: 40°55'53"N
Longitude: 109°13'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.931388888889,-109.22222222222
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumGarnetMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupQuartzStauroliteVolborthite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)312722272353
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212722275509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412722275516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612722271633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2272226,27222727770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O12722271184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12722275707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127222727198
Gold  (*)CopperAu127222730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127222714640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22272226,27222712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2127222717380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12722272994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22272226,27222761156
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)2272226,272227978
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1272227628
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O1272227155


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