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Locality Name:
La Sal Quadrangle, San Juan Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 4176
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4176.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Sal Quadrangle, San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Angle Mine
Brushy Basin No. 1 Mine
Brushy Basin No. 3 Mine
Confusion Mine
Elray Mine
Evening Star Mine
Firefly–Pigmay Mine
Hesperus Mine
Jackpot Mine
Little Dawn Mine
Little Peter Mine
Lucky No. 1 Mine
Marjorie Ann Mine
Maud Mine
Morning Star Mine (Moonlight; November)
New Yellow Spot Mine
Sumner Mine
Too High Mine
Uranium Girl Mine
Valley View Mine
Vista Grande Mine
Wedge Mine
Yellow Bird Mine
Yip Yip Mine

Latitude: 38°18'9"N
Longitude: 109°2'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.3025,-109.03916666667
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 Mg Na O P Pb S Se Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteCalciteCovelliteDevillineDiasporeFluoriteFritzscheiteGypsumHewettiteMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPascoitePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteStraczekiteSulphurTetrahedrite
Zircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bariandite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Corvusite  (*)Covellite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dickthomssenite  (*)Doloresite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hewettite  (*)
Lasalite  (*)Magnesiopascoite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metarossite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)
Metavanuralite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Pascoite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)
Rossite  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Selenium  (*)Sherwoodite  (*)Simplotite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tangeite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212761465509
Bariandite  (*)StraczekiteAl0.6(V5+,V4+)8O20·9H2O12761446
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)127614427770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O24276138,276139,276140,276141,276142,276143,276144,276145,276146,276147,276148,276149,276150,276151,276152,276153,276154,276155,276156,276157,276158,276159,276160,2761611184
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O127614440
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1276144281
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1276144566
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O6276143,276144,276145,276148,276157,27616079
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1276144366
Dickthomssenite  (*)NoneMgV2O6·7H2O12761446
Doloresite  (*)NoneV4+3O4(OH)4127614423
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS127614424243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12761446890
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O2276143,27614458
Lasalite  (*)PascoiteNa2Mg2V10O28·20H2O12761445
Magnesiopascoite  (*)PascoiteCa2MgV5+10O28·16H2O0012761446
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2127614612537
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O127614434
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O6276144,276147,276154,276155,276157,276159129
Metavanuralite  (*)NoneAl(UO2)2(VO4)2(OH)·8H2O12761444
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)4276144,276148,276157,276160136
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O2276144,27614878
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127614439462
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219276138,276141,276144,276145,276147,276148,276149,276150,276151,276152,276153,276154,276155,276156,276157,276158,276159,276160,276161253
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O127614429
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O2276140,276145128
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1276144143
Sherwoodite  (*)NoneCa5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39)·28H2O127614420
Simplotite  (*)NoneCaV4+4O9·5H2O12761439
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS127614421482
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)127614460
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312761441803
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O12761441059
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O19276138,276139,276140,276141,276142,276143,276144,276145,276146,276148,276149,276150,276151,276152,276153,276156,276158,276160,276161628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO24276144,276145,276148,2761602718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1276144890


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070165Firefly–Pigmay Mine, La Sal Quadrangle, San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070165

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