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Locality Name:
La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), San Juan Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 40018
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40018.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Blue Crystal Mine
La Sal
Lion Canyon

Latitude: 38°19'38"N
Longitude: 109°6'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.327222222222,-109.11638888889
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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Se Si Sr Ti U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AjoiteAutuniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCopperCovelliteCyanotrichiteDevillineDiaspore
FluoriteFritzscheiteGypsumHewettiteMalachiteMicaNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupPandoraite
PascoitePyriteQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltStraczekiteSulphurVolborthiteZippeiteZircon

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Ansermetite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariandite  (*)Barnesite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Copper  (*)Corvusite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cyanotrichite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickthomssenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Finchite  (*)
Francevillite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hewettite  (*)Lasalite  (*)Magnesiopascoite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Martyite  (*)Melanovanadite  (*)Metahewettite  (*)Metarossite  (*)
Metatyuyamunite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Natrozippeite  (*)Navajoite  (*)Nolanite  (*)
Pandoraite-Ba  (*)Pandoraite-Ca  (*)Paramontroseite  (*)Pascoite  (*)Postite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rakovanite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Rossite  (*)
Santafeite  (*)Selenium  (*)Sherwoodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Simplotite  (*)
Straczekite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranopilite  (*)
Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ansermetite  (*)Not in a structural groupMn2+V5+2O6·4H2O12760859
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61276078919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24276078,276080,276081,2760835509
Bariandite  (*)StraczekiteAl0.6(V5+,V4+)8O20·9H2O12760846
Barnesite  (*)HewettiteNa2V5+6O16·3H2O127608515
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)127608811547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62276078,2760881633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)127608827770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O3276084,276085,2760871184
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1276088281
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O3276085,276087,276088566
Copper  (*)CopperCu12760783846
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O3276085,276087,27608879
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12760824165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12760782970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)21276078179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2276085,276088366
Dickthomssenite  (*)NoneMgV2O6·7H2O2276085,2760886
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212760889895
Finchite  (*)FritzscheiteSr(UO2)2(V2O8)·5H2O12760843
Francevillite  (*)FritzscheiteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O127608443
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3276084,276085,2760886890
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O2276085,27608858
Lasalite  (*)PascoiteNa2Mg2V10O28·20H2O2276085,2760885
Magnesiopascoite  (*)PascoiteCa2MgV5+10O28·16H2O002276085,2760886
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24276078,276080,276081,27608312537
Martyite  (*)VolborthiteZn3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O0012760884
Melanovanadite  (*)NoneCa(V5+,V4+)4O10·5H2O3276085,276087,27608820
Metahewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·3H2O127608456
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O3276084,276085,27608834
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2276084,276085129
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)4276084,276085,276087,276088136
Natrozippeite  (*)ZippeiteNa5(UO2)8(SO4)4O5(OH)3·12H2O127608841
Navajoite  (*)Ajoite(V5+,Fe3+)10O24·12H2O2276084,27608811
Nolanite  (*)NolaniteV3+8Fe3+2O14(OH)2127608519
Pandoraite-Ba  (*)PandoraiteBaV4+5V5+2O16·3H2O12760841
Pandoraite-Ca  (*)PandoraiteCaV4+5V5+2O16·3H2O12760841
Paramontroseite  (*)RamsdelliteVO22276085,27608839
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O3276084,276085,27608878
Postite  (*)PascoiteMg(H2O)6Al2(OH)2(H2O)8(V10O28)·13H2O003276085,276087,2760884
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24276084,276085,276087,27608839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23276078,276079,27608461156
Rakovanite  (*)Pascoite(NH4)3Na3[V10O28]·12H2O0012760854
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22276085,276087253
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O2276085,27608829
Santafeite  (*)None(Ca,Sr,Na)3(Mn2+,Fe3+)2Mn4+2(VO4)4(OH,O)5·2H2O12760855
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe3276084,276085,276088143
Sherwoodite  (*)NoneCa5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39)·28H2O127608820
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12760786417
Simplotite  (*)NoneCaV4+4O9·5H2O12760859
Straczekite  (*)Straczekite(Ca,K,Ba)(V5+,V4+)8O20·3H2O12760844
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12760882045
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O3276084,276085,276088628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO24276084,276085,276087,2760882718
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O127608894
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O1276088185


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070476Vanadium Queen Mine, La Sal, La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070476
R100065Blue Cap Mine, Lion Canyon, La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R100065

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