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


mindat Locality ID: 4189
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4189.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Little Green Monster Variscite Mine

Latitude: 40°16'26"N
Longitude: 112°9'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.273888888889,-112.15388888889
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: Al Ca Fe H Mg Mn Na O P S Si 

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)61278145966
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O085
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)127814527770
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O038
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61278145310
Englishite  (*)NoneK3Na2Ca10Al15(OH)7(PO4)21·26H2O12781456
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O072
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12781452740
Gordonite  (*)LaueiteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O127814518
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61278145173
Hydroxycalcioroméite  (*)Pyrochlore(Ca,Sb3+)2(Sb5+,Ti)2O6(OH)127814511
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1278145367
Kolbeckite  (*)PhosphosideriteSc(PO4)·2H2O127814526
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O043
Millisite  (*)WarditeNaCaAl6(PO4)4(OH)9·3H2O127814512
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O127814544
Overite  (*)OveriteCaMgAl(PO4)2(OH)·4H2O12781455
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2127814561156
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1278145301
Wardite  (*)WarditeNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O127814558
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374


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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