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Locality Name:
Skull Creek District (Blue Mountain District), Moffat Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 50113
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50113.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Skull Creek District (Blue Mountain District), Moffat Co., Colorado, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Biles Shaft Occurrence
Blue Mountain Group (Blue Mountains 4 Claim; Bozo No. 1 Claim; Dorothy No. 2 Claim; Skull Creek Carnotite Deposit)
Cleta Group
Doc Armor Mine
Glory Bee Mine
Little Star Claims
Skull Creek (Biles Shaft)
Unknown Stone - Crushed/Broken Occurrence (MRDS - 10016164)
Unknown Stone - Crushed/Broken Occurrence (MRDS - 10091221)
Unknown Uranium Occurrence (MRDS - 10016159)

Latitude: 40°19'36"N
Longitude: 108°35'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.326666666667,-108.58611111111
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: As C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Se Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAutuniteBrochantiteFluoriteFritzscheiteIraniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupVolborthite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Chalcomenite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Cornubite  (*)Iranite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Metatyuyamunite  (*)Molybdomenite  (*)Tangeite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Volborthite  (*)
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)2·10-12H2O11928951272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211928955509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411928955516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611928951633
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O3192895,192897,1928991184
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O119289540
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1192895363
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)41192895109
Iranite  (*)IraniteCuPb10(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2119289511
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2119289512537
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1192895129
Molybdomenite  (*)NonePbSe4+O3119289515
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)119289560
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O3192895,192897,192899628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211928952718
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O1192895155


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