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Locality Name:
Polar Mesa District (Polar Mesa), Grand Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37383
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37383.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Polar Mesa District (Polar Mesa), Grand Co., Utah, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Elva M. Claim
Imp. Polar Nos. 2 - 3 Claims
Polar Mesa
Rim Rock No. 2 Claim

Latitude: 38°39'57"N
Longitude: 109°7'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.665833333333,-109.13111111111
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 Cu Fe H K Na O S Se Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
DevillineDiasporeFluoriteFritzscheiteGypsumHewettiteMandarinoiteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
SulphurVolborthiteZircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Fervanite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hewettite  (*)Mandarinoite  (*)
Melanovanadite  (*)Metarossite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)
Rossite  (*)Selenium  (*)Sherwoodite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)41273485246
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O127348567
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O5273483,273484,273485,273488,2734921184
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O127348540
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1273488566
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1273485366
Fervanite  (*)NoneFe3+4V5+4O16·5H2O127348510
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12734856890
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O058
Mandarinoite  (*)MandarinoiteFe3+2(Se4+O3)3·6H2O127348514
Melanovanadite  (*)NoneCa(V5+,V4+)4O10·5H2O2273485,27348820
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O127348534
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1273488129
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)2273483,273488136
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21273485253
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O127348529
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1273485143
Sherwoodite  (*)NoneCa5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39)·28H2O2273485,27348820
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212734832718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1273485890
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O1273485155


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