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Locality Name:
Moab, Grand Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 21744
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21744.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moab, Grand Co., Utah, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Arrowhead Claim
Atomic King No. 2 Mine
Cane Creek Mine
Cane Creek School Section
Cane Wash
Dillers No. 1 & No. 3
May Flower
Mistake
Mistake (Monarch No. 1)
North Cloud No. 2 (North Mesa; North Deposit; Burkholder)
Peterson Property
Red Head No. 1
Red Head No. 2
Red Head No. 4
Section 32 Mine (Utah Ml-8066 Claim)
Skeeter
State Lease No. 8066
Sure Fire
Teaton No. 2
Unknown Uranium (MRDS - 10020211)
Unknown Vanadium - Uranium (MRDS - 10078962)
Utah School Section 32 (Kane Creek Incline No. 1)
Valley View (Valley View No. 1)
Valley View Mine (Skeeter)

Latitude: 38°34'5"N
Longitude: 109°25'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.568055555556,-109.42055555556
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: C Ca Cu H K Na O S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
FluoriteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzZippeite

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Andersonite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Natrozippeite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rossite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
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)3·5-6H2O2273438,27344247
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O12734471184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12734595707
Natrozippeite  (*)ZippeiteNa5(UO2)8(SO4)4O5(OH)3·12H2O127343941
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O127343729
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22273458,2734592718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1273459890


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080133Monte Cristo Mine, Cane Wash, Moab, Grand Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R080133

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