Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moses Rock, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 39
Youngest recorded age at locality: 31

mindat Locality ID: 38657
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38657.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moses Rock, San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°4'58"N
Longitude: 109°43'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.082777777778,-109.73305555556

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.

Amphibole	Clay	Corundum	Garnet	Humite	Kornerupine	Lawsonite	Mica	None	Pyroxene
Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Antigorite ()*	Carmichaelite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Corundum ()*
Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Eskolaite ()*	Grossular ()*	Guyanaite ()*
Kornerupine ()*	Kosmochlor ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pargasite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*

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 B Ca Cr F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Cr F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Corundum Garnet Humite Kornerupine Lawsonite Mica None Pyroxene
Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	39	31	708
Carmichaelite ()*	None	(Ti,Cr,Fe)(O,OH)₂	39	31	2
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	39	31	3902
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	39	31	236
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	39	31	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	39	31	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	39	31	944
Eskolaite ()*	Corundum	Cr₂O₃	39	31	30
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	39	31	1544
Guyanaite ()*	None	CrO(OH)	39	31	6
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	39	31	68
Kosmochlor ()*	Pyroxene	NaCr³⁺Si₂O₆	39	31	13
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	39	31	121
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	39	31	17380
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	39	31	313
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	39	31	341
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	39	31	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	39	31	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	39	31	3337

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Scott-JGR76_4978-0001	39	31	35.0±4	Fission Track	Age of intrusion		apatite							38657	Moses Rock, San Juan Co., Utah, USA	Moses Rock	Naeser (1971)	10.1029/JB076i020p04978	JGR76_4978	P. 4892, Table 2

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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