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Locality Name:
White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 380
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 38503
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38503.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 185
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 173

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Badger Mine
Black Oxide Claims
Bleak Prospect (Windy Gap)
Blue Bird No. 1 Occurrence
Copper King 1 Occurrence (Horseshoe Mine)
Elk Ridge
Fry Canyon [town]
Hillside Mine
Rainbow Canyon
Red Canyon
Southern Cross
Star Fraction Mine
Unknown Copper - Uranium (MRDS - 10089606)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10089576)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10096505)
White Canyon

Latitude: 37°43'41"N
Longitude: 110°18'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.728055555556,-110.3

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 As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Nd Ni O P Pb S Si U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mo S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAragoniteArsenopyriteAtacamiteAutuniteBaryteBlöditeBrochantite
CalciteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteClayCompreignaciteCopiapiteCopperCoquimbiteCorundum
CovelliteCyanotrichiteDansiteDevillineDiasporeDomeykiteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteFritzscheite
GarnetGuarinoiteGypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteJohanniteKaoliniteKieseriteKtenasiteLepidocrocite
LeydetiteMalachiteMarcasiteMarkeyiteMelanteriteMeta-autuniteMetavoltineMicaNatroautuniteNone
Not in a structural groupOxalatePerovskitePhosphuranylitePicromeritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRocksalt
RoseliteRömeriteSchoepiteSepioliteSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStraczekite
SulphurSvornostiteTamarugiteTetrahedriteVivianiteVolborthiteVoltaiteWurtziteZippeiteZircon

206 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)Aluminocoquimbite  (*)Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)
Alwilkinsite-(Y)  (*)Ammoniozippeite  (*)Andersonite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arsenuranospathite  (*)Asbolane  (*)
Atacamite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayleyite  (*)
Becquerelite  (*)Belakovskiite  (*)Beshtauite  (*)Bieberite  (*)Birnessite  (*)
Blatonite  (*)Blödite  (*)Bluelizardite  (*)Bobcookite  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)
Boothite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boussingaultite  (*)Boyleite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Čejkaite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalconatronite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chinleite-(Y)  (*)
Cobaltoblödite  (*)Cobaltzippeite  (*)Coconinoite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Compreignacite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Corvusite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)D'ansite  (*)D'ansite-(Mn)  (*)
Deliensite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)Dietrichite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Domeykite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Eugsterite  (*)
Fermiite  (*)Ferricopiapite  (*)Ferrinatrite  (*)Feynmanite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gerhardtite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gordaite  (*)Greenlizardite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Guarinoite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrombobomkulite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)
Ilsemannite  (*)Ivsite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Johannite  (*)Jordisite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kieserite  (*)Klaprothite  (*)Konyaite  (*)Kröhnkite  (*)
Leesite  (*)Leószilárdite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Leydetite  (*)Liebigite  (*)
Lishizhenite  (*)Lussierite  (*)Magnesioleydetite  (*)Magnesiozippeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Mahnertite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganoblödite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Marécottite  (*)
Markeyite  (*)Mbobomkulite  (*)Meisserite  (*)Meitnerite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Meta-ankoleite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metakahlerite  (*)Metarossite  (*)Metaschoepite  (*)
Metasideronatrite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Metazellerite  (*)
Metazeunerite  (*)Meyrowitzite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)
Natromarkeyite  (*)Natrozippeite  (*)Opal  (*)Oppenheimerite  (*)Oswaldpeetersite  (*)
Ottohahnite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Péligotite  (*)Pentahydrite  (*)
Phosphuranylite  (*)Phurcalite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Plášilite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pseudojohannite  (*)Pseudomarkeyite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rabbittite  (*)
Rabejacite  (*)Redcanyonite  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Rietveldite  (*)Römerite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Rossite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutherfordine  (*)
Sabugalite  (*)Schoepite  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Shumwayite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Siderotil  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Straßmannite  (*)
Strelkinite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Swamboite-(Nd)  (*)Swartzite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)
Tamarugite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Thénardite  (*)Thérèsemagnanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Uramarsite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranopilite  (*)
Uranospathite  (*)Uroxite  (*)Voglite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Weeksite  (*)Wetherillite  (*)Zellerite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O252204276479,276520,276581,276582470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32522012276507,2765612353
Aluminocoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAl2Fe2(SO4)6(H2O)12·9H2O0012765075
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)62522007276479,276522,276523,276552,276566,276581,276588966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O2522012276552,276566272
Alwilkinsite-(Y)  (*)Not in a structural groupY(UO2)3(SO4)2O(OH)3(H2O)7·7H2O0012765072
Ammoniozippeite  (*)Zippeite(NH4)2[(UO2)2(SO4)O2]·H2O2522013276507,276522,2765794
Andersonite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·5-6H2O2522014276444,276507,276522,27652647
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)0012765222734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2512002276522,2765881588
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)42522007276496,276522,276526,276579,276582,276584,276588246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)0012765223250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS25220110276494,276499,276519,276526,276551,276561,276571,276587,276617,2766199052
Arsenuranospathite  (*)NoneAl(UO2)2(AsO4)2F·20H2O00127652214
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O2512001276588143
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3002276507,276522544
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O25220112765521272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)225220013276472,276491,276494,276496,276507,276526,276552,276555,276561,276572,276578,276582,2765885509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)252204276507,276552,276561,27658211547
Bayleyite  (*)NoneMg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18H2O2522015276453,276522,276552,276561,27657438
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O252204276526,276561,276581,27658292
Belakovskiite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa7(UO2)(SO4)4(SO3OH)(H2O)30012765071
Beshtauite  (*)Not in a structural group(NH4)2(UO2)(SO4)2·2H2O0012765182
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O252202276444,27658250
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O2512001276588178
Blatonite  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)·H2O25120012765883
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O001276507130
Bluelizardite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa7(UO2)(SO4)4Cl(H2O)2002276507,2765222
Bobcookite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl(UO2)2(SO4)4·18H2O004276507,276517,276522,2765794
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O252203276519,276582,27658867
Boothite  (*)MelanteriteCu(SO4)·7H2O2522012276552,27656618
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS425220120276473,276494,276496,276499,276507,276519,276522,276526,276551,276552,276560,276561,276566,276571,276578,276579,276582,276587,276617,2766195516
Boussingaultite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O00127651830
Boyleite  (*)StarkeyiteZn(SO4)·4H2O00127650723
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)625220013276507,276520,276522,276526,276552,276561,276572,276574,276579,276581,276582,276584,2765881633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)25220112276467,276479,276494,276507,276518,276522,276526,276552,276561,276566,276578,27658127770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O2522004276526,276561,276579,27658888
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2522012276440,276453,276486,276496,276503,276561,276572,276578,276582,276589,276620,2766221184
Čejkaite  (*)NoneNa4(UO2)(CO3)30012765229
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O25220014276444,276496,276507,276520,276522,276523,276526,276561,276566,276578,276579,276582,276584,276588925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O252201127652691
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S25220033276444,276445,276448,276494,276497,276499,276503,276507,276508,276519,276524,276526,276527,276528,276529,276538,276539,276551,276552,276556,276561,276566,276571,276572,276576,276578,276582,276587,276588,276616,276617,276619,2766235707
Chalconatronite  (*)NoneNa2Cu(CO3)2·3H2O00127652223
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS225220040276445,276448,276460,276467,276468,276469,276470,276471,276472,276473,276479,276494,276495,276496,276497,276499,276507,276519,276522,276523,276524,276526,276527,276529,276551,276552,276556,276557,276560,276561,276566,276571,276575,276576,276578,276582,276587,276588,276617,27661927198
Chinleite-(Y)  (*)RhabdophaneNaY(SO4)2·H2O25202276507,2765222
Cobaltoblödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Co(SO4)2·4H2O0012765071
Cobaltzippeite  (*)ZippeiteCo(UO2)2(SO4)O2·3.5H2O002276507,2765823
Coconinoite  (*)NoneFe3+2Al2(UO2)2(PO4)4(SO4)(OH)2·20H2O25120012765889
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2522015276447,276459,276460,276472,276490566
Compreignacite  (*)CompreignaciteK2(UO2)6O4(OH)6·7H2O251200127658827
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O001276507382
Copper  (*)CopperCu2522014276479,276552,276578,2765793846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O001276507136
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O2522013276467,276470,27647179
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS25220119276494,276496,276499,276503,276507,276519,276522,276524,276526,276551,276552,276561,276566,276571,276578,276582,276587,276617,2766194165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2522003276579,276584,2765882970
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O2522015276468,276469,276479,276522,27652658
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)22202203276507,276522,276582179
D'ansite  (*)DansiteNa21Mg(SO4)10Cl3252012765075
D'ansite-(Mn)  (*)DansiteNa21Mn(SO4)10Cl30012765072
Deliensite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·7H2O25202276507,27652214
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2522007276507,276522,276561,276579,276581,276582,276588366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4001276507651
Dietrichite  (*)HalotrichiteZnAl2(SO4)4·22H2O00127650715
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62202012765824135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22522012276552,2765619895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As252201127644473
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O220202276507,276582484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O252205276447,276460,276522,276566,276582814
Eugsterite  (*)NoneNa4Ca(SO4)3·2H2O00127652232
Fermiite  (*)NoneNa4(UO2)(SO4)3·3H2O002276507,2765222
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O2522012276517,27652041
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O00127650725
Feynmanite  (*)NoneNa(UO2)(SO4)(OH)·3.5H2O25202276507,2765222
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2522017276467,276470,276471,276473,276494,276499,276519,276526,276551,276552,276561,276566,276571,276582,276587,276617,27661924243
Gerhardtite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)300127650724
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)32522011276581504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)252204276467,276494,276582,2765887437
Gordaite  (*)KtenasiteNaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O00127650717
Greenlizardite  (*)None(NH4)Na(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·4H2O0012765181
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS220201276582717
Guarinoite  (*)GuarinoiteZn6(SO4)(OH)10·5H2O252012765073
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2522023276479,276507,276517,276518,276522,276526,276552,276556,276561,276566,276574,276578,276579,276581,276582,276587,276588,276598,276601,276604,276610,276613,2766216890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl0012765071398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O252206276507,276517,276520,276522,276526,276582409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3252208276467,276494,276496,276532,276552,276578,276582,27658814640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O220202276507,276582251
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O001276522341
Hydrombobomkulite  (*)Chalcoalumite(Ni,Cu)Al4(NO3,SO4)2(OH)12·14H2O25120012765882
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6251200127658865
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)252207276460,276461,276468,276469,276471,276496,276582123
Ivsite  (*)NoneNa3H(SO4)2252012765072
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62522025276468,276469,276479,276493,276496,276507,276522,276526,276527,276529,276552,276556,276561,276566,276568,276578,276580,276582,276588,276595,276598,276599,276601,276604,2766212228
Johannite  (*)JohanniteCu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O2522017276494,276499,276507,276518,276519,276522,276526,276550,276561,276574,276578,276579,276581,276582,276603,276617,27661869
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS225200102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)425220112765525591
Kieserite  (*)KieseriteMg(SO4)·H2O00127650780
Klaprothite  (*)NoneNa6(UO2)(SO4)4(H2O)4002276507,2765222
Konyaite  (*)PicromeriteNa2Mg(SO4)2·5H2O00127650720
Kröhnkite  (*)RoseliteNa2Cu(SO4)2·2H2O00127650727
Leesite  (*)SchoepiteK(H2O)2[(UO2)4O2(OH)5]·3H2O25120012765881
Leószilárdite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa6Mg(UO2)2(CO3)6·6H2O0012765221
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2512001276588581
Leydetite  (*)LeydetiteFe(UO2)(SO4)2·11H2O0012765223
Liebigite  (*)NoneCa2(UO2)(CO3)3·11H2O2522012276444,27657878
Lishizhenite  (*)RömeriteZnFe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O0012765073
Lussierite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa10[(UO2)(SO4)4](SO4)2(H2O)3252012765071
Magnesioleydetite  (*)LeydetiteMg(UO2)(SO4)2·11H2O0012765221
Magnesiozippeite  (*)ZippeiteMg(UO2)2(SO4)O2·3.5H2O002276574,27658214
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O422020127658214899
Mahnertite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)Cu3(AsO4)2Cl·5H2O0012765225
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)225220057276439,276441,276442,276455,276467,276468,276469,276470,276471,276472,276478,276479,276491,276494,276495,276496,276497,276499,276500,276503,276507,276508,276515,276522,276524,276525,276526,276527,276528,276529,276533,276539,276540,276545,276552,276555,276557,276558,276560,276561,276562,276566,276571,276572,276576,276578,276582,276584,276585,276587,276588,276590,276591,276594,276599,276616,27662312537
Manganoblödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mn(SO4)2·4H2O0012765072
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2252205276468,276469,276507,276578,2765825674
Marécottite  (*)NoneMg3O6(UO2)8(SO4)4(OH)2·28H2O003276507,276522,27658810
Markeyite  (*)MarkeyiteCa9(UO2)4(CO3)13·28H2O0012765221
Mbobomkulite  (*)Chalcoalumite(Ni,Cu)Al4(NO3,SO4)2(OH)12·3H2O25120012765882
Meisserite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa5(UO2)(SO4)3(SO3OH)(H2O)0012765071
Meitnerite  (*)Johannite(NH4)(UO2)(SO4)(OH)·2H2O0012765181
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O001276522915
Meta-ankoleite  (*)NatroautuniteK(UO2)(PO4)·3H2O2520127650710
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O2522004276468,276469,276526,276588388
Metakahlerite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O00127652218
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O252202276526,27658234
Metaschoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)8O2(OH)12·10H2O251200127658817
Metasideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·H2O00127652228
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O252207276523,276526,276552,276566,276578,276579,276582443
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O26201276582129
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O2522013276507,276522,27652678
Metazellerite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)(CO3)2·3H2O25220112765784
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O2522010276467,276470,276471,276479,276520,276522,276523,276566,276582,276588182
Meyrowitzite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(UO2)(CO3)2·5H2O0012765221
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2202012765824924
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O2522012276552,2765611508
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)625202276507,276522254
Natromarkeyite  (*)MarkeyiteNa2Ca8(UO2)4(CO3)13(H2O)24·3H2O0012765221
Natrozippeite  (*)ZippeiteNa5(UO2)8(SO4)4O5(OH)3·12H2O252207276507,276518,276522,276566,276574,276579,27658241
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O25220112765812994
Oppenheimerite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2(UO2)(SO4)2·3H2O002276507,2765182
Oswaldpeetersite  (*)None(UO2)2(CO3)(OH)2·4H2O25120012765881
Ottohahnite  (*)NoneNa6(UO2)2(SO4)5(H2O)7·1.5H2O0012765071
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS220201276582767
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2522011276479144
Péligotite  (*)NoneNa6(UO2)(SO4)4(H2O)40012765071
Pentahydrite  (*)ChalcanthiteMg(SO4)·5H2O2520127650732
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O252205276526,276561,276581,276582,276596182
Phurcalite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·7H2O252201127652620
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O2522014276496,276507,276579,276618265
Plášilite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa(UO2)(SO4)(OH)·2H2O003276507,276518,2765223
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2522012276522,276561309
Pseudojohannite  (*)NoneCu3(OH)2[(UO2)4O4(SO4)2]·12H2O005276507,276522,276561,276574,27657910
Pseudomarkeyite  (*)NoneCa8(UO2)4(CO3)12(H2O)18·3H2O0012765221
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22522033276448,276460,276467,276468,276469,276479,276494,276495,276496,276499,276507,276517,276518,276519,276522,276523,276526,276527,276528,276551,276552,276561,276566,276571,276576,276578,276582,276587,276588,276591,276598,276617,27661939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2252208276494,276507,276518,276522,276552,276566,276582,27658861156
Rabbittite  (*)NoneCa3Mg3(UO2)2(CO3)6(OH)4·18H2O25220112765616
Rabejacite  (*)NoneCa2[(UO2)4O4(SO4)2](H2O)82620127658211
Redcanyonite  (*)Zippeite(NH4)2Mn[(UO2)4O4(SO4)2](H2O)425202276507,2765222
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O00127650753
Rietveldite  (*)SvornostiteFe(UO2)(SO4)2(H2O)50012765173
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O2522015276507,276517,276520,276522,276526115
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22522011276581454
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22522011276622253
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O252201127652629
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O002276507,276518293
Rutherfordine  (*)None(UO2)(CO3)251200127658858
Sabugalite  (*)NoneHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O26202276522,27658287
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)6252204276526,276561,276582,27658894
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O2522016276467,276470,276471,276522,276552,276561128
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O220201276582241
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2512001276588292
Shumwayite  (*)Not in a structural group[(UO2)(SO4)(H2O)2]2·H2O003276507,276517,2765183
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2522012276460,2765526417
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O002276507,27652273
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O22020127658284
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O251200127658856
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3220201276582531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)25120012765882473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3252012765071214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2522016276494,276499,276507,276519,276526,276551,276552,276561,276566,276571,276578,276582,276587,276588,276617,27661921482
Straßmannite  (*)LeydetiteAl(UO2)(SO4)2F·16H2O2522012276518,2765792
Strelkinite  (*)NoneNa2(UO2)2(VO4)2·6H2O252012765078
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS252204276507,276518,276522,2765822045
Swamboite-(Nd)  (*)NoneNd0.333[(UO2)(SiO3OH)](H2O)~2.525120012765882
Swartzite  (*)NoneCaMg(UO2)(CO3)3·12H2O25220112764534
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O2522013276520,276522,276526139
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O00127650787
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1325220112764611803
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)001276522299
Thérèsemagnanite  (*)KtenasiteNaCo4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O002276507,2765223
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O2522019276440,276494,276499,276519,276523,276526,276550,276561,276566,276578,276581,276582,276584,276585,276588,276596,276603,276617,2766181059
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O2522011276444628
Uramarsite  (*)Meta-autunite(NH4)(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O0012765223
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22522061276445,276447,276448,276455,276459,276460,276461,276465,276467,276468,276469,276472,276473,276475,276477,276478,276479,276481,276489,276490,276491,276495,276496,276497,276502,276507,276508,276513,276516,276518,276522,276523,276524,276526,276527,276528,276529,276533,276538,276539,276540,276541,276542,276552,276560,276561,276566,276575,276576,276577,276578,276582,276584,276587,276588,276591,276592,276594,276597,276616,2766232718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2522020276473,276479,276494,276496,276508,276520,276526,276527,276539,276552,276556,276561,276578,276582,276584,276592,276594,276596,276616,276623890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O251202276582,27658894
Uranospathite  (*)None(Al,   )(UO2)2F(PO4)2·20H2O00127652220
Uroxite  (*)Oxalate[(UO2)2(C2O4)(OH)2(H2O)2]·H2O0012765222
Voglite  (*)NoneCa2Cu(UO2)(CO3)4·6H2O25220112765787
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O2522013276467,276470,276471155
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O001276522111
Weeksite  (*)None(K)2(UO2)2(Si5O13)·4H2O252201127652742
Wetherillite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Mg(UO2)2(SO4)4·18H2O003276507,276518,2765223
Zellerite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)(CO3)2·5H2O252201127657815
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O252202276507,276582185
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)42522017276461,276494,276499,276507,276519,276522,276526,276550,276552,276561,276566,276578,276581,276582,276603,276617,276618175
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)25220112765075251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_270The Markey Mine is in the White Canyon mining district, San Juan County, Utah. The mine is geologically similar to the nearby Blue Lizard and Giveaway-Simplot mines. These mines have been the source of several new secondary uranyl sulfate minerals. The Markey Mine is richer in uranyl carbonate minerals, possibly as a result of considerably higher atmospheric CO2 concentration compared to the Blue Lizard mine.
Michelle_511Jomac Mine occurs in the Triassic Shinarump Formation containing uranium ores, organic material and clays. It is the TL for oswaldpeetersite, with the mineral occurring within a siltstone bedding plane.
Michelle_744The Triassic Shinarump member of the Chinle formation hosts the Blue Lizard Mine and other significant uranium deposits in the White Canyon District.
Michelle_745Ore minerals were deposited as replacement of wood and other organic material and as disseminations in the enclosing sandstone found in paleochannels.
Michelle_746The Blue Lizard Mine has been the source of several new uranyl sulfate minerals, the product of secondary mineralization. "The mineral association described here is of supergene origin, related to post-mining processes (the mine was closed in 1978), which include supergene oxidation of primary ores (uraninite, pyrite and chalcopyrite disseminated in lenses of organic matter) in the humid underground environment, which led to the formation of a variety of secondary minerals, mainly sulfates, occurring as efflorescent crusts on the surfaces of mine walls."
Michelle_747The Green Lizard mine is near the head of Low Canyon on the east side of Red Canyon, 2.1 km north of the Blue Lizard mine in the White Canyon mining district, San Juan County, Utah. The mine is geologically similar to the nearby Blue Lizard, Giveaway-Simplot and Markey mines. These mines have been the source of several new secondary uranyl sulfate minerals.
Michelle_748Giveaway-Simplot Mine is in the White Canyon mining district, San Juan County, Utah. The mine is geologically similar to the nearby Blue Lizard Mine. These mines have been the source of several new secondary, post-mining uranyl sulfate minerals.


17 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
Michelle_74600Anthropocene Age of anthropogenic mineralization    Atacamite, Boyleite, Brochantite, Calcite, Chalcanthite, Copiapite, Coquimbite, Cyanotrichite, Dickite, Dietrichite, Epsomite, Ferrinatrite, Gerhardtite, Gordaite, Gypsum, Halite, Halotrichite, Hexahydrite, Johannite, Kaolinite, Kieserite, Konyaite, Lishizhenite, Metavoltine, Pickeringite, Rhomboclase, Romerite, Rozenite, Sideronatrite, Natrozippeite, Tamarugite, Theresemagnanite, Blodite, Krohnkite, Pseudojohannite, Aluminocoquimbite, Dansite-(Mn), Manganoblodite, Cobaltoblodite, Meisserite, Bluelizardite, Belakovskiite, Bobcookite, Plasilite, Fermiite, Oppenheimerite, Shumwayite, Klaprothite, Peligotite, Alwilkinsite-(Y), Ottohahnite 38665Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USABlue Lizard MinePlasil et al. (2014)10.3190/jgeosci.159JG59_145Age of post-mining, supergene mineralization.
Michelle_744252201Triassic Age of host formation    Almandine, Calcite, Quartz, Zircon 38665Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USABlue Lizard MineKasatkin et al. (2013)10.1180/minmag.2013.077.3.10MM77_367Age of Shinarump member of the Chinle Formation.
Michelle_745252201Triassic Age of uranium mineralization    Baryte, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Pyrite, Uraninite 38665Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USABlue Lizard MinePlasil et al. (2014)10.3190/jgeosci.159JG59_145Age of paleochannel sedimentation in which uranium ore deposits are found.
Michelle_74800Anthropocene Age of anthropogenic mineralization    Ferricopiapite, Halotrichite, Romerite, Shumwayite, Rietveldite 181640Giveway-Simplot Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAThe Giveaway-Simplot MineKampf et al. (2017) JG62_107Age of post-mining, supergene mineralization.
Michelle_74700Anthropocene Age of anthropogenic mineralization    Boussingaultite, Johannite, Rozenite, Natrozippeite, Beshtauite, Plasilite, Wetherillite, Fermiite, Oppenheimerite, Shumwayite, Greenlizardite, Ammoniozippeite 268265Green Lizard Mine (Green Lizard #1 & #2), Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAGreen Lizard MineKampf et al. (2017)10.1180/minmag.2017.081.054PREPUBAge of post-mining, supergene mineralization.
Michelle_27000Anthropocene Age of anthropogenic mineralization    Andersonite, Bayleyite, Cejkaite, Chalcanthite, Johannite, Natrozippeite, Leoszilardite 27591Markey Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAMarkey MineOlds et al. (2017)10.1180/minmag.2016.080.149MM81_1039Age of post-mining, supergene mineralization.
Giersdorf_00000596242022±2238U-206U uraniniteK-172  UraniniteUraniniteU4142Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAHappy Jack MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for U238-Pb206 analysis
Giersdorf_00000623757575238U-206UAge is applied to the primary U minerals at this localityuraniniteSS143  UraniniteUraninite 4142Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAHappy Jack MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609U238-Pb206 Age given by the USGS for the Chinle Formation found at the Happy Jack Mine
Giersdorf_00000624797979235U-207PbAge is applied to the primary U minerals at this localityuraniniteSS143  UraniniteUraninite 4142Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAHappy Jack MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609U235-Pb207 Age given by the USGS for the Chinle Formation found at the Happy Jack Mine
Giersdorf_00000625250250250207Pb-206PbThe Pb207-Pb206 age given for these samples is described as being highly erroneous due to the systematic sensitivity of the analytic methodslowuraniniteSS143  UraniniteUraninite 4142Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAHappy Jack MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Pb207-Pb206 Age given by the USGS for the Chinle Formation found at the Happy Jack Mine
Giersdorf_00000626656565238U-206UAge is applied to the primary U minerals at this localityuraniniteSS64  UraniniteUraninite 4142Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAHappy Jack MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609U238-Pb206 Age given by the USGS for the Chinle Formation found at the Happy Jack Mine
Giersdorf_00000627676767235U-207PbAge is applied to the primary U minerals at this localityuraniniteSS64  UraniniteUraninite 4142Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAHappy Jack MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609U235-Pb207 Age given by the USGS for the Chinle Formation found at the Happy Jack Mine
Giersdorf_00000628100100100207Pb-206PbThe Pb207-Pb206 age given for these samples is described as being highly erroneous due to the systematic sensitivity of the analytic methodslowuraniniteSS64  UraniniteUraninite 4142Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAHappy Jack MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Pb207-Pb206 Age given by the USGS for the Chinle Formation found at the Happy Jack Mine
Giersdorf_00000597262224±2235U-207Pb uraniniteK-172  UraniniteUraniniteU4142Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAHappy Jack MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for U235-Pb207 analysis
sedcu-00689220220Upper Triassic       Cu4142Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAHappy jackCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
Giersdorf_00000598380280330±50207Pb-206PbThe Pb207-Pb206 age given for these samples is described as being highly erroneous due to the systematic sensitivity of the analytic methodslowuraniniteK-172  UraniniteUraniniteU4142Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAHappy Jack MineMiller et al. (1963)10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2GSAB74_609Age given for Pb207-Pb206 analysis
Michelle_511251200TriassicStratigraphyAge of formation      5363Jomac Mine, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAJomac MineHaynes (2000)10.1080/00357520009605651RM75_240Age of Shinarump Conglomerate formation and Jomac Mine


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050534Posey Mine (Posey Group), Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050534
R070458Hideout Mine (Hideout No. 1 Mine), Deer Flat, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070458
R050663White Canyon No. 1 Mine (Cameo Mine), Fry Mesa, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050663
R070402Happy Jack Mine (Blue Dike Mine), White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070402
R060594Jomac Mine, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060594
R060600Jomac Mine, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060600
R060952Jomac Mine, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060952
R060597Jomac Mine, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060597
R060573Jomac Mine, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060573
R060529Jomac Mine, White Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060529


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