Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Circle Cliffs, Garfield Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 37843
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37843.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Circle Cliffs, Garfield Co., Utah, USA": 56
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 56

Number of Child Localities: 56
Child Localities:
Acme Mine
B & M
Bart Occurrence (Midas Prospects; Centipede)
Betty Jack
Big Tree (MAS 2)
Black Widow Mine
Blue Bird (MAS 4 1023)
Blue Goose Mine
Buff (Buff 1 - 8 Mas 6 1008)
Bull (Bull 1 - 15 MAS 7)
Centipede (Centipede 1 - 7 MAS 8 1012)
Circle Cliffs Area Occurrence
Colt Mesa Mine
Cool Occurrence (Cool Nos. 1 - 12 MAS 9 1010)
Copper Head Occurrence (MAS 10 1018)
Dodie Occurrence (Midas No. 3; Mas 11 1016)
Dream Prospect
Duke Mine
East Flank Occurrence
Glen Rae Occurrence (MAS 13 1023a)
Hope (MAS 14 1020 A)
Horse Canyon
Horse Canyon Prospect
Horse Head Mine
Hotshot
Jake (Mas 17)
Lone B Mine
Mesa Occurrence (Mas 19 1027)
Midas 4 Occurrence (Mas 21 1019)
Midas No. 4 Prospect
Moqui Occurrence (Mas 22 1006)
Muley Twist Occurrence
Oasis Occurrence (Mas 23 1026)
Olympic Occurrence (Mas24 1041)
Pardner-Stud Horse Occurrence
Rainy Day Mine (Mas 25 1030)
Red Cliff (Mas 26 1009)
Red Head - Lampstand Occurrence (Torpedo Head Mas27 1007)
Rocky Mountain Mine (Circle Cliffs 1 - 20)
Silver Falls Occurrence (Duke Mine)
Sneaky-Silver Falls
Solitude Occurrence (MAS 29 1040)
Steam Boat Mine
Stud Horse Mine
Sun Dog Occurrence
Tenderfoot
The Peaks Occurrence
Three Pardners Occurrence (Mas 31 1017)
Unknown Copper - Uranium Occurrence (Mas 32 1015; MRDS - 10088117)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10020755)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10202871)
West Flank Occurrence
White Canyon Flat Prospect
Willie
Yellow Jacket (Mas 33 1029; Circle Cliffs No. 6)
Zelda Occurrence (Mas 34 1020)

Latitude: 37°50'54"N
Longitude: 111°8'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.848333333333,-111.13722222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Guarinoite
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Vivianite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bieberite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Guarinoite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Zeunerite ()*

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 C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K O P Pb S Si U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Arsenopyrite Autunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Guarinoite
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Vivianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	272913	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	7	272875,272880,272882,272898,272913,272917,272918	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	272875,272880,272882,272917	5509
Bieberite ()*	Melanterite	Co(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	272887	50
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	272887	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	272897	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	7	272880,272891,272898,272901,272908,272915,272916	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	12	272883,272887,272888,272889,272890,272898,272899,272905,272910,272911,272912,272915	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	10	272883,272887,272889,272898,272910,272911,272912,272913,272915,272918	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	272913	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	272919	3846
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	272887,272910	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	272901	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	272910,272918	24243
Guarinoite ()*	Guarinoite	Zn₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·5H₂O	1	272887	3
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	10	272875,272880,272882,272883,272898,272910,272912,272913,272917,272930	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	272910	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	272898	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	27	272875,272876,272877,272878,272881,272882,272883,272887,272888,272889,272890,272892,272894,272898,272899,272902,272903,272907,272910,272911,272912,272913,272915,272920,272922,272923,272929	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	272889,272910	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13	272875,272878,272887,272889,272891,272894,272898,272901,272910,272913,272915,272918,272930	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	272901	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	272887	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	272910,272918	21482
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	20	272875,272876,272877,272880,272881,272882,272883,272885,272887,272888,272889,272890,272898,272903,272910,272911,272913,272915,272917,272920	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	14	272878,272880,272883,272888,272889,272890,272895,272898,272901,272905,272910,272911,272918,272930	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	3	272880,272898,272907	890
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	272897,272918	185

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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