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Locality Name:
Gateway, Gateway District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 269318
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269318.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gateway, Gateway District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Packrat Mine

Latitude: 38°38'51"N
Longitude: 109°2'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.6475,-109.04666666667

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 As C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Se U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AjoiteCalciteFluoriteGypsumHewettiteNoneNot in a structural groupPascoiteSulphurVolborthite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Andersonite  (*)Ansermetite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Dickthomssenite  (*)
Gatewayite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hewettite  (*)Hummerite  (*)Hydropascoite  (*)
Kegginite  (*)Lasalite  (*)Lumsdenite  (*)Magnesiopascoite  (*)Martyite  (*)
Mesaite  (*)Metarossite  (*)Morrisonite  (*)Munirite  (*)Navajoite  (*)
Packratite  (*)Pascoite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Postite  (*)
Rossite  (*)Selenium  (*)Sherwoodite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranopilite  (*)Vanarsite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andersonite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·5-6H2O119223447
Ansermetite  (*)Not in a structural groupMn2+V5+2O6·4H2O11922349
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)119223427770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11922341184
Dickthomssenite  (*)NoneMgV2O6·7H2O11922346
Gatewayite  (*)NoneCa6(As3+V4+3V5+9As5+6O51)·31H2O0011922341
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11922346890
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O119223458
Hummerite  (*)PascoiteKMgV5+5O14·8H2O119223421
Hydropascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3(V10O28)·24H2O11922341
Kegginite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb3Ca3[AsV12O40(VO)]·20H2O0011922341
Lasalite  (*)PascoiteNa2Mg2V10O28·20H2O11922345
Lumsdenite  (*)NoneNaCa3Mg2(As3+V4+2V5+10As5+6O51)·45H2O11922341
Magnesiopascoite  (*)PascoiteCa2MgV5+10O28·16H2O0011922346
Martyite  (*)VolborthiteZn3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O0011922344
Mesaite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMn2+5(V2O7)3·12H2O0011922341
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O119223434
Morrisonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa11(As3+V4+2V5+10As5+6O51)2·78H2O0011922341
Munirite  (*)NoneNaV5+O3·1.9H2O11922345
Navajoite  (*)Ajoite(V5+,Fe3+)10O24·12H2O119223411
Packratite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa11(As3+V5+10V4+2As5+6O51)2·83H2O0011922341
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O119223478
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O1192234105
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O119223499
Postite  (*)PascoiteMg(H2O)6Al2(OH)2(H2O)8(V10O28)·13H2O0011922344
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O119223429
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1192234143
Sherwoodite  (*)NoneCa5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39)·28H2O119223420
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1192234628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211922342718
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O119223494
Vanarsite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaCa12(As3+V5+8.5V4+3.5As5+6O51)2·78H2O0011922341



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