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Locality Name:
Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 4148
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4148.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Clay Canyon

Latitude: 40°15'43"N
Longitude: 112°5'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.261944444444,-112.09194444444
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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Sb Sc Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteCalcioferriteCalciteClayFairfielditeLaueiteNoneOveritePhosphosiderite
PyritePyrochloreQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteWarditeWavellite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Beidellite  (*)Calcite  (*)Collinsite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Englishite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gordonite  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Hydroxycalcioroméite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Kolbeckite  (*)Messelite  (*)Millisite  (*)
Montgomeryite  (*)Overite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Variscite  (*)
Wardite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)62278144,278145966
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O127814485
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2278144,27814527770
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O127814438
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62278144,278145310
Englishite  (*)NoneK3Na2Ca10Al15(OH)7(PO4)21·26H2O2278144,2781456
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O127814472
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2278144,2781452740
Gordonite  (*)LaueiteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O2278144,27814518
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62278144,278145173
Hydroxycalcioroméite  (*)Pyrochlore(Ca,Sb3+)2(Sb5+,Ti)2O6(OH)127814511
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1278145367
Kolbeckite  (*)PhosphosideriteSc(PO4)·2H2O2278144,27814526
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O127814443
Millisite  (*)WarditeNaCaAl6(PO4)4(OH)9·3H2O2278144,27814512
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O2278144,27814544
Overite  (*)OveriteCaMgAl(PO4)2(OH)·4H2O2278144,2781455
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127814439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22278144,27814561156
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O2278144,278145301
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O2278144,27814558
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1278144374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060825Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060825
R100024Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R100024
FKM-221Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USAhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-201-to-fkm-225/#FKM-221

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