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


mindat Locality ID: 31389
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31389.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gateway District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 35
Child Localities:
Ajax Occurrence (Ajax And Canyon Portals)
Arrowhead No. 29
Beaver Mesa Claims
Captin Jinks Occurrence
Cedar Cliff Claims
Climax Uranium
Depression Rainbow Wasp Occurrence
Ford And Fordo Claims
Gateway
Harvey Pick And Shovel
Hubbard Homestead & Packrat Group (Hubbard Homestead)
Humbinger Occurrence (Humdinger)
John Brown Claims
Johnnie Mae
Kanardo And Little Maverick Occurrence
Kunkle Claim
La Sal Claims
Lost Indian No. 1; Austin No. 8 Occurrence
Mike; Roger And Engebretson Occurrence
Okan Mine
Outlaw Mesa Claims
Payrock
Payrock Claims
Phoenix Uranium Mines
Rajah
Rajah Occurrence
Raven Claims
Roger Mike Et Al Claims
Scotty Claims
State Highway 141 Roadcut
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10108168)
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10108175)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10016886)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10016888)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10016893)

Latitude: 38°37'17"N
Longitude: 108°54'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.621388888889,-108.91194444444
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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Se Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K O Si V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AjoiteBaryteCalciteFluoriteGypsumHewettiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPascoite
SulphurVolborthiteZircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Andersonite  (*)Ansermetite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Dickthomssenite  (*)Gatewayite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hewettite  (*)
Hummerite  (*)Hydropascoite  (*)Kegginite  (*)Lasalite  (*)Lumsdenite  (*)
Magnesiopascoite  (*)Martyite  (*)Mesaite  (*)Metarossite  (*)Morrisonite  (*)
Munirite  (*)Navajoite  (*)Packratite  (*)Pascoite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)
Picropharmacolite  (*)Postite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Rossite  (*)Selenium  (*)
Sherwoodite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranopilite  (*)Vanarsite  (*)
Vanoxite  (*)
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
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)119225511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2192234,19225527770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11192231,192232,192234,192237,192240,192242,192245,192252,192253,192254,1922571184
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O7192227,192229,192235,192236,192238,192246,192250566
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
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)20253
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O119223429
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1192234143
Sherwoodite  (*)NoneCa5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39)·28H2O119223420
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1192234628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO29192227,192229,192234,192235,192236,192238,192239,192246,1922502718
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O119223494
Vanarsite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaCa12(As3+V5+8.5V4+3.5As5+6O51)2·78H2O0011922341
Vanoxite  (*)NoneV6O13·8H2O (?)119224123


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