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Locality Name:
Gateway District, Grand Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 550
Youngest recorded age at locality: 70

mindat Locality ID: 245775
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245775.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gateway District, Grand Co., Utah, USA": 55
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 55

Number of Child Localities: 55
Child Localities:
Alta Occurrence
Axis (P.F.G.E.)
Bear Point
Big Louie Occurrence
Black Jack Occurrence
Bonanza 1 And 2 (Bonanza - Corvusite)
Canyon No. 1
Canyon No. 4 Occurrence
Captain Jack (Petrified Tree)
Cedar Point 2
Corvusite Nos. 1-3 Mines
Doctor Jr. Occurrence
Effie F. Mine
Elva M No. 2 East Shaft Occurrence
Emma Occurrence
F. W. No. 3
Freeport
Grandco No. 2 Occurrence
Helen F Occurrence
Jumbo
Lone Pine No. 2 Occurrence (Lucky Pine No. 2)
Louise A And Louise A No. 2
Mary No. 3 (Petrified Tree No. 8)
Mineral Polar 22
New Armstrong
Petrified Tree No. 8 Occurrence
Petrified Tree No. 9
Pinto Jack Occurrence
Pittsburg
Pittsburg (2)
Polar King Occurrence
Polar No. 2 Occurrence
Polar No. 3 Occurrence
Polar No. 7 Occurrence (Jap Shaft)
Prospect No. 2
Prospect No. 4
Prospect No. 7
Prospect No. 9
Rae Marie 3
Rae Marie Nos. 4-6
Rim Rock Occurrence (Thomas B; Elfie E; Elva No. 2; Elva M; Mary No. 3)
Rimrock (Skyrock Fraction)
School Section 32 Occurrence
Skyrocket Fraction Occurrence
Thompson C
Unknown No. 21 (MRDS - 10130544)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10106015)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10276200)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10300425)
Unknown Vanadium - Uranium (MRDS - 10078564)
Unknown Vanadium - Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10089506)
Unnamed Uranium (MRDS - 10089467)
Uvanco Mine (Yellow Jacket Mine)
Vivian Occurrence
Yellowbird No. 2

Latitude: 38°40'37"N
Longitude: 109°7'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.676944444444,-109.12166666667
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: Ca Fe H K O S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CorundumDiasporeFluoriteGypsumNoneZircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Carnotite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Montroseite  (*)
Rauvite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O847032273272,273277,273278,273279,273280,273282,273284,273286,273287,273288,273290,273291,273292,273293,273294,273295,273296,273298,273300,273303,273304,273306,273309,273310,273311,273313,273316,273318,273321,273323,273324,2733251184
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O84709273273,273277,273278,273280,273282,273284,273286,273287,273296566
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12733006890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35273273,273288,273294,273295,27331314640
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)20273273,273277,273278,273280,273284,273286,273287,273290,273291,273293,273294,273295,273296,273298,273300,273310,273311,273316,273323,273324136
Rauvite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2V10O28·16H2O8470127328232
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O2273277,273322628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO218273273,273277,273278,273279,273280,273284,273287,273291,273293,273294,273295,273298,273300,273309,273310,273311,273316,2733232718


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000605707070238U-206UAge is applied to the primary U minerals at this localityuraniniteSS189  UraniniteCoffinite, Uraninite 37889Corvusite Nos. 1-3 Mines, Gateway District, Grand Co., Utah, USACorvusite MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609U238-Pb206 Age given by the USGS for the Morrison Formation found at the Corvusite Mine
Giersdorf_00000606848484235U-207PbAge is applied to the primary U minerals at this localityuraniniteSS189  UraniniteCoffinite, Uraninite 37889Corvusite Nos. 1-3 Mines, Gateway District, Grand Co., Utah, USACorvusite MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609U235-Pb207 Age given by the USGS for the Morrison Formation found at the Corvusite Mine
Giersdorf_00000607550550550207Pb-206PbThe Pb207-Pb206 age given for these samples is described as being highly erroneous due to the systematic sensitivity of the analytic methodslowuraniniteSS189  UraniniteCoffinite, Uraninite 37889Corvusite Nos. 1-3 Mines, Gateway District, Grand Co., Utah, USACorvusite MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Pb207-Pb206 Age given by the USGS for the Morrison Formation found at the Corvusite Mine

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