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Locality Name:
Bitter Creek Mine, Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 5982
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5982.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bitter Creek Mine, Paradox Valley, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°15'53"N
Longitude: 108°41'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.264722222222,-108.69916666667

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: Ba Ca Cu Fe H K Na O S Se U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba Ca Cu Fe H K Na O S Se U V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteDiasporeFluoriteFritzscheiteGypsumHewettiteMarcasiteNonePascoite
PyriteRamsdelliteStraczekite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corvusite  (*)Ferroselite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hewettite  (*)Melanovanadite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Montroseite  (*)
Paramontroseite  (*)Pascoite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rauvite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O01184
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O079
Ferroselite  (*)MarcasiteFeSe2051
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O058
Melanovanadite  (*)NoneCa(V5+,V4+)4O10·5H2O020
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O0129
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)0136
Paramontroseite  (*)RamsdelliteVO2039
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O078
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Rauvite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2V10O28·16H2O032
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O0628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718



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