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Locality Name:
Prospector No. 1 Mine, Marysvale District (Marysvale Uranium Area), Piute Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15

mindat Locality ID: 38335
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38335.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prospector No. 1 Mine, Marysvale District (Marysvale Uranium Area), Piute Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca Cu F H K Li Mn Mo Na O P S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F H K Li Mn Mo Na O P S Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAutuniteFluoriteJohanniteNoneZippeite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Fluellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Johannite  (*)
Jordisite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Uranopilite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O231501272
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O2315040
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2231509617
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)23150123
Johannite  (*)JohanniteCu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O2315069
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS223150102
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)223150210
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O23150128
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O231501059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2231502718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O23150890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O2315094
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)423150175



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-000402315 U-Pb    YesCinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, TiemanniteHg4161Marysvale District (Marysvale Uranium Area), Piute Co., Utah, USA Cunningham et al. (1982)10.2113/gsecongeo.77.2.453EG77_453 
Mo-000602315 U-Pb    YesJordisite, Molybdenite, Sidwillite, Umohoite, IlsemanniteMo4161Marysvale District (Marysvale Uranium Area), Piute Co., Utah, USA Cunningham et al. (1982)10.2113/gsecongeo.77.2.453EG77_453 


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