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Locality Name:
Yellow Cat Mesa, Thompsons District (S. E. Thomsons), Grand Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 292393
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292393.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yellow Cat Mesa, Thompsons District (S. E. Thomsons), Grand Co., Utah, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Little Eva Mine
Little Pittsburg Mine
Parco Mine Group
Paris No. 25 Mine

Latitude: 38°50'24"N
Longitude: 109°31'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.84,-109.52222222222
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 Ba C Ca Co F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Se Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteCobaltomeniteCorundumDelrioiteDiasporeFluoriteFritzscheiteGypsumHewettite
MarcasiteMicaNatroautuniteNoneNot in a structural groupPascoitePyriteQuartzRamsdelliteRocksalt
StraczekiteSulphurVolborthiteZippeiteZircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Andersonite  (*)Ansermetite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calciodelrioite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carnotite  (*)Cobaltomenite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Corvusite  (*)Dickthomssenite  (*)
Ferroselite  (*)Galena  (*)Grantsite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Häggite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Huemulite  (*)Karpenkoite  (*)Lasalite  (*)Magnesiozippeite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Martyite  (*)Melanovanadite  (*)Metahewettite  (*)Metarossite  (*)
Metatyuyamunite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Nashite  (*)Natrouranospinite  (*)Natrozippeite  (*)
Nestolaite  (*)Orschallite  (*)Paramontroseite  (*)Pascoite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rabbittite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Rossite  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)
Selenium  (*)Sherwoodite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vanoxite  (*)
Zippeite  (*)
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)3·5-6H2O2273699,27371847
Ansermetite  (*)Not in a structural groupMn2+V5+2O6·4H2O2273699,2737239
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)127369911547
Calciodelrioite  (*)DelrioiteCa(VO3)2·4H2O0012736994
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)127369927770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O4273699,273700,273709,2737231184
Cobaltomenite  (*)CobaltomeniteCo(Se4+O3)·2H2O4273699,273710,273718,27372311
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1273709566
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O127371879
Dickthomssenite  (*)NoneMgV2O6·7H2O2273699,2737236
Ferroselite  (*)MarcasiteFeSe23273699,273709,27371051
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS127371824243
Grantsite  (*)Hewettite(Na,Ca)2+x(V5+,V4+)6O16·4H2O2273718,2737207
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5273699,273709,273710,273718,2737196890
Häggite  (*)NoneV3+V4+O2(OH)3127371817
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127371814640
Huemulite  (*)PascoiteNa4MgV5+10O28·24H2O127369916
Karpenkoite  (*)VolborthiteCo3(V2O7)(OH)2·2H2O12736991
Lasalite  (*)PascoiteNa2Mg2V10O28·20H2O12736995
Magnesiozippeite  (*)ZippeiteMg(UO2)2(SO4)O2·3.5H2O00127371914
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212737185674
Martyite  (*)VolborthiteZn3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O0012736994
Melanovanadite  (*)NoneCa(V5+,V4+)4O10·5H2O127369920
Metahewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·3H2O127369956
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O2273699,27371834
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2273699,273718129
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)1273718136
Nashite  (*)PascoiteNa3Ca2[(V4+V5+9)O28]·24H2O12736992
Natrouranospinite  (*)NatroautuniteNa2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·5H2O127369913
Natrozippeite  (*)ZippeiteNa5(UO2)8(SO4)4O5(OH)3·12H2O3273699,273718,27371941
Nestolaite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaSeO3·H2O2273699,2737102
Orschallite  (*)NoneCa3(S4+O3)2(SO4)·12H2O12736994
Paramontroseite  (*)RamsdelliteVO2127371839
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O2273699,27370978
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22273699,27371839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22273699,27371861156
Rabbittite  (*)NoneCa3Mg3(UO2)2(CO3)6(OH)4·18H2O12736996
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23273699,273700,273718253
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O2273699,27371829
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O2273699,273718128
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe2273699,273718143
Sherwoodite  (*)NoneCa5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39)·28H2O127369920
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O3273699,273709,273718628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO23273699,273718,2737192718
Vanoxite  (*)NoneV6O13·8H2O (?)127371823
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)41273718175


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