Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Green Lizard Mine (Green Lizard #1 & #2), Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 252
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 268265
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-268265.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Green Lizard Mine (Green Lizard #1 & #2), Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°34'37"N
Longitude: 110°17'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.576944444444,-110.29777777778

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.

Calcite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Johannite	Leydetite	None	Not in a structural group	Picromerite	Pyrite	Quartz
Starkeyite	Sulphur	Zippeite

Beshtauite ()*	Boussingaultite ()*	Calcite ()*	Greenlizardite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Johannite ()*	Meitnerite ()*	Natrozippeite ()*	Oppenheimerite ()*	Plášilite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Shumwayite ()*	Straßmannite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wetherillite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg N Na O S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg N Na O S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Fluorite Gypsum Johannite Leydetite None Not in a structural group Picromerite Pyrite Quartz
Starkeyite Sulphur Zippeite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Beshtauite ()*	Not in a structural group	(NH₄)₂(UO₂)(SO₄)₂·2H₂O	2
Boussingaultite ()*	Picromerite	(NH₄)₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	30
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Greenlizardite ()*	None	(NH₄)Na(UO₂)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	1
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Johannite ()*	Johannite	Cu(UO₂)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	69
Meitnerite ()*	Johannite	(NH₄)(UO₂)(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	1
Natrozippeite ()*	Zippeite	Na₅(UO₂)₈(SO₄)₄O₅(OH)₃·12H₂O	41
Oppenheimerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂(UO₂)(SO₄)₂·3H₂O	2
Plášilite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na(UO₂)(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	3
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	293
Shumwayite ()*	Not in a structural group	[(UO₂)(SO₄)(H₂O)₂]₂·H₂O	3
Straßmannite ()*	Leydetite	Al(UO₂)(SO₄)₂F·16H₂O	2
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Wetherillite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Mg(UO₂)₂(SO₄)₄·18H₂O	3

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.
Michelle_747	The Green Lizard mine is near the head of Low Canyon on the east side of Red Canyon, 2.1 km north of the Blue Lizard mine in the White Canyon mining district, San Juan County, Utah. The mine is geologically similar to the nearby Blue Lizard, Giveaway-Simplot and Markey mines. These mines have been the source of several new secondary uranyl sulfate minerals.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	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.
Michelle_747	0	0	Anthropocene	Age of anthropogenic mineralization		Boussingaultite, Johannite, Rozenite, Natrozippeite, Beshtauite, Plasilite, Wetherillite, Fermiite, Oppenheimerite, Shumwayite, Greenlizardite, Ammoniozippeite	268265	Green Lizard Mine (Green Lizard #1 & #2), Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA	Green Lizard Mine	Kampf et al. (2017)	10.1180/minmag.2017.081.054	PREPUB	Age of post-mining, supergene mineralization.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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