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Locality Name:
La Sal Mts, San Juan Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 38557
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38557.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Sal Mts, San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 46

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Brumley Ridge
Brumley Ridge Area
Middle Mountain
Point Lookout Placer
Utah Department Of Highways Pit No. 19007
Utah Department Of Highways Pit No. 19009

Latitude: 38°22'3"N
Longitude: 109°16'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.3675,-109.2775
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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Ti U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H Mn Mo O P S Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCancrinite-sodaliteCopperCovelliteFeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSodaliteSpinelTitanite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nosean  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sodalite  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O62276090,2761331022
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62276090,2761332060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O23276092,276094,276095,276097,276099,276100,276101,276102,276104,276106,276107,276109,276110,276112,276113,276114,276117,276118,276120,276124,276127,276130,2761321184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Gold  (*)CopperAu127613430554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42276090,27613314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25276094,276095,276101,276109,27611812537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)0770
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Nosean  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa8(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)·H2O2276090,27613375
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2276090,2761332349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127610239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl2276090,276133444
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2276090,2761334899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1276112628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212761272718


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