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Locality Name:
Repete Mine, Blanding, San Juan Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 4177
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4177.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Repete Mine, Blanding, San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°24'40"N
Longitude: 109°11'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.411111111111,-109.18694444444
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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Se Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Se Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteClayFluoriteGuilleminiteGypsumMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz
Smectite-vermiculiteSulphurWölsendorfite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Andersonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)Calcite  (*)Ferroselite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Haynesite  (*)Larisaite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Selenium  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Wölsendorfite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andersonite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Ca(UO2)(CO3)3·5-6H2O047
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O067
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Ferroselite  (*)MarcasiteFeSe2051
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Haynesite  (*)None(UO2)3(Se4+O3)2(OH)2·5H2O01
Larisaite  (*)GuilleminiteNa(H3O)(UO2)3(Se4+O3)2O2·4H2O01
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe0143
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890
Wölsendorfite  (*)WölsendorfitePb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4·12H2O043


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060599Repete Mine, Blanding, San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060599
R060879Repete Mine, Blanding, San Juan Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060879

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