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Locality Name:
Mineral Canyon Area, Grand Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 245777
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245777.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Canyon Area, Grand Co., Utah, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
A - Group Mine
A-Mineral Mine
Auqua Prospect
Billy Boy Prospect
Bowknot Mine
Cottonwood Mine
Danise Mine
Dead Man Point Occurrence
Dragonfly Prospect
Larry No. 1 Mine
Matchless Mine (Mineral 10 & 11)
Matchless No. 3 Mine
Mineral Mine
Rocket Junior Mines
Star No. 1 (Uber)
Star No. 2 Occurrence (Uber)
Unknown Copper - Uranium - Vanadium Occurrence (MRDS - 10088013)

Latitude: 38°33'28"N
Longitude: 109°57'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.557777777778,-109.95805555556
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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CarnalliteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupRocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Carnallite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)Halite  (*)Malachite  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)12734261588
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O1273426132
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O3273419,273432,2734351184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12734195707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127341927198
Copper  (*)CopperCu12734193846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212734269895
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl12734261398
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23273419,273430,27343512537
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl1273426275
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO24273419,273421,273429,2734322718


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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