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Locality Name:
Honeycomb Hills, Juab Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 30135
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30135.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Honeycomb Hills, Juab Co., Utah, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bell Nos. 1; 2 Claims (Bull No. 1)
Spider Mine
Yellow Bird Claim (White Cloud Claim; Honeycomb No. 2 And 3)

Latitude: 39°42'23"N
Longitude: 113°35'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.706388888889,-113.59111111111
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 Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Na O P Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Be Ca H Li Mg Na O P Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteClayCorundumCristobaliteFluoriteMeta-autuniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrochlorePyroxene
QuartzSmectite-vermiculiteTridymite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Behoite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metauranocircite-I  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Saléeite  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)Soddyite  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Thomsenolite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranospinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12743911272
Behoite  (*)CristobaliteBe(OH)2024
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)21274390606
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O127439167
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212743909617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127439114640
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)127439156
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1274391388
Metauranocircite-I  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O038
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22274390,27439161156
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10127439195
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O127439156
Soddyite  (*)None(UO2)2(SiO4)(H2O)2127439144
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O60688
Thomsenolite  (*)NoneNaCaAlF6·H2O127439123
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21274391458
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2274390,274391890
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O051


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