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Locality Name:
Paria River, Kane Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 38199
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38199.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paria River, Kane Co., Utah, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Averett Canyon Gypsum Occurrence
Balboa
Cemetary Deposit
Copper Cliffs Prospect
East Kanab Prospect
Fleabag Occurrence
Hattie Green Occurrence
King Mine
Kitchen Corral Canyon
Manganese King
Movie Town Occurrence
Radiance Group (Sandy Group)
Swag Occurrence
Vermilion Cliffs (Nine Mile 1 - 8)

Latitude: 37°12'37"N
Longitude: 112°1'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.210277777778,-112.03027777778

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O P S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteCopperGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRutile

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Torbernite  (*)
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)12747071588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)127471511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2274715,27471627770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1274713925
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12747103531
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2274707,2747206890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23274710,274713,27471812537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22274715,2747163106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23274709,274715,27472061156
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12747181059



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