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Locality Name:
Freedom No. 2 Mine, Marysvale District (Marysvale Uranium Area), Piute Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15

mindat Locality ID: 4171
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4171.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Freedom No. 2 Mine, Marysvale District (Marysvale Uranium Area), Piute Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAutuniteCopiapiteFluoriteHalotrichiteMeta-autuniteNonePhosphuranylitePyriteQuartz
Zippeite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Fluellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gearksutite  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sabugalite  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Sidwillite  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Umohoite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O231501272
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O23150382
Fluellite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)F2(OH)·7H2O2315040
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2231509617
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O2315068
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O23150409
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)23150123
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS223150102
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)223150210
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O23150388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O23150443
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO323150140
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O23150144
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O23150182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22315039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22315061156
Sabugalite  (*)NoneHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O2315087
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O23150128
Sidwillite  (*)NoneMoO3·2H2O231503
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O2315056
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O231501059
Umohoite  (*)None(UO2)(MoO4)·2H2O2315016
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2231502718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O23150890
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O23150185
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)423150175



2 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
Hg-000402315 U-Pb    YesCinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, TiemanniteHg4161Marysvale District (Marysvale Uranium Area), Piute Co., Utah, USA Cunningham et al. (1982)10.2113/gsecongeo.77.2.453EG77_453 
Mo-000602315 U-Pb    YesJordisite, Molybdenite, Sidwillite, Umohoite, IlsemanniteMo4161Marysvale District (Marysvale Uranium Area), Piute Co., Utah, USA Cunningham et al. (1982)10.2113/gsecongeo.77.2.453EG77_453 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080047Freedom No. 2 Mine, Marysvale District (Marysvale Uranium Area), Piute Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R080047


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