Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Polar Mesa, Polar Mesa District (Polar Mesa), Grand Co., Utah, USA

mindat Locality ID: 20923
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20923.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Polar Mesa, Polar Mesa District (Polar Mesa), Grand Co., Utah, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dotsy Occurrence
Earl Occurrence
Foster Mine
Perry Occurrence
Thomas B Occurrence
Unnamed U-V Prospect [3]

Latitude: 38°39'58"N
Longitude: 109°7'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.666111111111,-109.13138888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Devilline	Diaspore	Fritzscheite	Gypsum	Mandarinoite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Sulphur	Volborthite
Zircon

Antlerite ()*	Boltwoodite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Devilline ()*	Fervanite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Mandarinoite ()*	Melanovanadite ()*
Metarossite ()*	Metatyuyamunite ()*	Montroseite ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Rossite ()*
Selenium ()*	Sherwoodite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Volborthite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Na O S Se Si U V

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Devilline Diaspore Fritzscheite Gypsum Mandarinoite Mica None Not in a structural group Sulphur Volborthite
Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	0		246
Boltwoodite ()*	None	(K,Na)(UO₂)(SiO₃OH)·1.5H₂O	0		67
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	273488	1184
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	0		40
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	273488	566
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	0		366
Fervanite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₄V⁵⁺₄O₁₆·5H₂O	0		10
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Mandarinoite ()*	Mandarinoite	Fe³⁺₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)₃·6H₂O	0		14
Melanovanadite ()*	None	Ca(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺)₄O₁₀·5H₂O	1	273488	20
Metarossite ()*	None	CaV⁵⁺₂O₆·2H₂O	0		34
Metatyuyamunite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	273488	129
Montroseite ()*	Diaspore	(V³⁺,Fe²⁺,V⁴⁺)O(OH)	1	273488	136
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		253
Rossite ()*	None	Ca(VO₃)₂·4H₂O	0		29
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	0		143
Sherwoodite ()*	None	Ca_5.5(AlV⁴⁺V⁵⁺₁₂O₃₉)·28H₂O	1	273488	20
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	0		890
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	0		155

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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