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Locality Name:
Bull Canyon, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 282656
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282656.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bull Canyon, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Greagor Group
Peanut Mine

Latitude: 38°11'22"N
Longitude: 108°48'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.189444444444,-108.81416666667
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Se Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteDiasporeDigeniteFluoriteFritzscheiteHewettiteMalachiteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNone
PascoitePyriteQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltSphaleriteStraczekiteSulphurZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Barnesite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Corvusite  (*)Digenite  (*)Doloresite  (*)Duttonite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hewettite  (*)Hummerite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanovanadite  (*)
Metatyuyamunite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Paramontroseite  (*)Pascoite  (*)
Pintadoite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Selenium  (*)Sherwoodite  (*)
Simplotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Barnesite  (*)HewettiteNa2V5+6O16·3H2O119326315
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11932631184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2193261,1932635707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2119326327198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1193263566
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O119326379
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11932631027
Doloresite  (*)NoneV4+3O4(OH)4119326323
Duttonite  (*)NoneV4+O(OH)211932637
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS119326324243
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O2193262,19326358
Hummerite  (*)PascoiteKMgV5+5O14·8H2O119326321
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2119326312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211932635674
Melanovanadite  (*)NoneCa(V5+,V4+)4O10·5H2O119326320
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1193263129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211932635800
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)1193263136
Paramontroseite  (*)RamsdelliteVO2119326339
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O119326378
Pintadoite  (*)NoneCa2V5+2O7·9H2O119326311
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119326339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119326361156
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1193263143
Sherwoodite  (*)NoneCa5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39)·28H2O119326320
Simplotite  (*)NoneCaV4+4O9·5H2O11932639
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS119326321482
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1193263628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211932632718


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