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


mindat Locality ID: 245780
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245780.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Interriver District, Grand Co., Utah, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Adamant Prospect
Beehive Butte Occurrence
Big Buck Prospect
Big Chief (Mile High Group)
Cane Creek Potash Mine (Texas Gulf Sulfur)
Gray Fault (D. W.)
Hey Joe Mine Group (Mibye No. 4)
Horsethief Nos. 6 And 7 Prospect
Jeep Group
Lydia No. 1 Occurrence
Mile High Occurrence
Texas Gulf Sulfur CC-1 Well
Unknown Prospect (MRDS - 10252042)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10226952)
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Latitude: 38°32'27"N
Longitude: 109°51'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.540833333333,-109.86083333333
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: B C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCarnalliteChalcopyriteCorundumFluoriteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksalt

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Braitschite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnallite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
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)3273350,273353,2733601588
Braitschite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCa6.15Na0.85REE2.08[B6O7(OH)3(O,OH)3]4·H2O2273353,2733602
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2273354,27335827770
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O3273350,273353,273360132
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O12733551184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12733555707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22273353,27335527198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22273350,2733539895
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5273352,273353,273354,273358,2733606890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl3273350,273353,2733601398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127335314640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2127335512537
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O2273353,273360102
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23273352,273353,27335439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2127335361156
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl3273350,273353,273360275
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO24273352,273354,273355,2733582718


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060008Cane Creek Potash Mine (Texas Gulf Sulfur), Interriver District, Grand Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060008

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