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Locality Name:
Gypsum Valley, Slick Rock District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 281136
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281136.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gypsum Valley, Slick Rock District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
St Jude Mine

Latitude: 38°4'32"N
Longitude: 108°48'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.075555555556,-108.81444444444

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 Ca H Mg Mo N Na O S V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
DelrioiteGypsumHewettiteNonePascoiteScheelite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Calciodelrioite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hendersonite  (*)Huemulite  (*)Hughesite  (*)
Kokinosite  (*)Metarossite  (*)Nashite  (*)Pascoite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Rakovanite  (*)Rossite  (*)Schindlerite  (*)Wernerbaurite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calciodelrioite  (*)DelrioiteCa(VO3)2·4H2O0011970124
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11970126890
Hendersonite  (*)HewettiteCa1.3(V5+,V4+)6O16·6H2O11970125
Huemulite  (*)PascoiteNa4MgV5+10O28·24H2O119701216
Hughesite  (*)PascoiteNa3AlV10O28·22H2O0011970124
Kokinosite  (*)PascoiteNa2Ca2(V10O28)·24H2O0011970121
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O119701234
Nashite  (*)PascoiteNa3Ca2[(V4+V5+9)O28]·24H2O11970122
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O119701278
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1197012494
Rakovanite  (*)Pascoite(NH4)3Na3[V10O28]·12H2O0011970124
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O119701229
Schindlerite  (*)Pascoite{(NH4)4Na2(H2O)10}{V10O28}0011970121
Wernerbaurite  (*)Pascoite{(NH4)2[Ca2(H2O)14](H2O)2}{V10O28}0011970121



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