Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fry No. 4 Mine, Fry Canyon [town], White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 252
Youngest recorded age at locality: 201

mindat Locality ID: 38667
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38667.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fry No. 4 Mine, Fry Canyon [town], White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°33'49"N
Longitude: 110°6'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.563611111111,-110.10611111111

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.

Alunite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Halotrichite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite

Antlerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si U V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Fluorite Halotrichite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	252	201	246
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	252	201	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	252	201	5516
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	252	201	1184
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	252	201	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	252	201	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	252	201	4165
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	252	201	14640
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	252	201	123
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	252	201	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	252	201	12537
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	252	201	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	252	201	39462
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	252	201	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	252	201	890

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_744	The Triassic Shinarump member of the Chinle formation hosts the Blue Lizard Mine and other significant uranium deposits in the White Canyon District.
Michelle_745	Ore minerals were deposited as replacement of wood and other organic material and as disseminations in the enclosing sandstone found in paleochannels.

2 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
	Michelle_744	252	201	Triassic		Age of host formation					Yes		Almandine, Calcite, Quartz, Zircon		38665	Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA	Blue Lizard Mine	Kasatkin et al. (2013)	10.1180/minmag.2013.077.3.10	MM77_367	Age of Shinarump member of the Chinle Formation.
	Michelle_745	252	201	Triassic		Age of uranium mineralization					Yes		Baryte, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Pyrite, Uraninite		38665	Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA	Blue Lizard Mine	Plasil et al. (2014)	10.3190/jgeosci.159	JG59_145	Age of paleochannel sedimentation in which uranium ore deposits are found.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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