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Locality Name:
Peanut Mine, Bull Canyon, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3658
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3658.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peanut Mine, Bull Canyon, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Peanut East Central Mine
Peanut Group Nos. 28-35
Peanut Incline No. 5
Peanut No. 1
Peanut No. 2
Peanut No. 24
Peanut No. 3
Peanut No. 4

Latitude: 38°11'27"N
Longitude: 108°46'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.190833333333,-108.77416666667
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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Se Si U V Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteDiasporeDigeniteFluoriteFritzscheiteHewettiteMalachiteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNone
PascoitePyriteQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltSphaleriteStraczekiteSulphurZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Barnesite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Corvusite  (*)Digenite  (*)Doloresite  (*)Duttonite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hewettite  (*)Hummerite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanovanadite  (*)
Metatyuyamunite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Paramontroseite  (*)Pascoite  (*)
Pintadoite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Selenium  (*)Sherwoodite  (*)
Simplotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Barnesite  (*)HewettiteNa2V5+6O16·3H2O015
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O01184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O0566
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O079
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Doloresite  (*)NoneV4+3O4(OH)4023
Duttonite  (*)NoneV4+O(OH)207
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O058
Hummerite  (*)PascoiteKMgV5+5O14·8H2O021
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melanovanadite  (*)NoneCa(V5+,V4+)4O10·5H2O020
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O0129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)0136
Paramontroseite  (*)RamsdelliteVO2039
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O078
Pintadoite  (*)NoneCa2V5+2O7·9H2O011
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe0143
Sherwoodite  (*)NoneCa5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39)·28H2O020
Simplotite  (*)NoneCaV4+4O9·5H2O09
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O0628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718


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