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Locality Name:
Monticello District (Blue Mountain District), Abajo Mts, San Juan Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37456.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monticello District (Blue Mountain District), Abajo Mts, San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Alma Mine
Antler-Indian Creek Occurrence
Blue Bird Mine
Blue Occurrence
Brushy Basin Spring Creek
Calliham
Copper Queen Mine
Danish Girl Mine
Dixon's Mine
Dream Mine
Duckett Mine
Gold Queen Mine
Harts Draw (Pay Off)
Indian Creek No. 2 Mine (Hart Point)
Johnson Creek
Lakes Claim
Little Dick 3
Log Cabin Claim
Recapture Creek
Robertson Pasture
Shay Mountain (Blue Claims)
Shay Road
Sunshine Mining Claim
Tuffy Copper Mine
Viking Mine
Wilson Shaft

Latitude: 37°53'13"N
Longitude: 109°26'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.886944444444,-109.44
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si U V Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteDiasporeFluoriteFritzscheiteGypsumMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Coffinite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)Metarossite  (*)
Metatyuyamunite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Roscoelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22275753,2757705509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412757535516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3275757,275758,27576427770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O3275763,275770,2757721184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2275753,2757705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25275749,275753,275754,275756,27575827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12757533531
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1275772566
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12757534165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4275749,275754,275756,27575824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu8275749,275754,275756,275757,275758,275761,275764,27576530554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22275753,27577012537
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O127575134
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O6275759,275762,275766,275767,275768,275769129
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)1275772136
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28275747,275749,275753,275754,275755,275756,275757,27575839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212757703106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22275754,27575861156
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21275763253
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4275749,275754,275756,27575821482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO23275759,275766,2757722718


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