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Locality Name:
Uintah Co., Utah, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 4187
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4187.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uintah Co., Utah, USA": 173
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 134

Number of Child Localities: 75
Child Localities:
Argyle Creek
Ashley Creek
Asphalt Ridge
Asphalt Ridge-Ashley Valley Area
Asphalt Wash
Bassett Mine
Bean Draw Area
Black Canyon
Black Dragon Mine
Bonanza Area
Bonanza Mine (Independent Mine)
Bourdette Draw
Brennan Basin Borrow Pit
Browns Park Area
Brush Creek
Bullionville
Cow Hollow Prospect (Woodside)
Cub Creek
Devil And Satan Deposits
Diamond Mtn Area
Dinosaur National Monument
Donkey Flat
Dry Fork
Eastern Uinta Basin
Elmer Moon No 1 Well
Evacuation Creek
Fantasy Canyon
Fort Duchesne
Frandson Canyon
Green River District (Cub Creek)
Green River Formation
Green River Placers
Hells Hole Canyon
Jensen Bridge
Jenson
Johnson Draw Area
Little Bonanza
Little Brush Creek
Little Split Mountain
Mosby Park Mine
Ouray
Ouray Park Gravel Pit
Pariette Draw Area Uinta Basin
PR Springs
Rainbow Mine
Rat Hole Canyon
Rector Mine
Rock Creek
Section 12 Gravel Pit
Sinclair Mortenson No 1 Well
Snake John Reef Area
Split Mountain
Split Mtn Area
Steinaker Draw
Sun Haverstrite Well
The V Sandstone Quarry
Uinta Basin
Uinta Basin Area
Uinta Mts
Uinta Uranium District
Uintah
Uintah Valley
Unknown Iron - Gold Occurrence (MRDS - 10015173)
Unknown Limestone - Dimension (MRDS - 10251966)
Unknown Limestone - Dimension (MRDS - 10300745)
Unknown Sand And Gravel (MRDS - 10015018)
Uteland Butte
Uteland Knoll District (Ouray District)
Vernal
Western Phosphate
White River Canyon
Whiterocks Canyon
Whiterocks River
Wild Mountain
Wonsits Valley

Latitude: 40°21'14"N
Longitude: 109°33'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.353888888889,-109.56

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Autunite	Burbankite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite
Diaspore	Elpidite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite	Zircon

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: Ag Al Au B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb Pt S Si Sr Ti U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Aragonite Autunite Burbankite Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Descloizite
Diaspore Elpidite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Halotrichite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite Zircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Abelsonite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*
Barytocalcite ()*	Bornite ()*	Burbankite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Dawsonite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Elpidite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Garrelsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Leucosphenite ()*	Loughlinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nahcolite ()*
Neighborite ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reedmergnerite ()*	Searlesite ()*	Shortite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Wurtzite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Abelsonite ()*	Not in a structural group	NiC₃₁H₃₂N₄	47.5	42.3	8	277877,277878,277879,277880,277881,277882,277883,277884	10
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	47.5	42.3	5	277876,277884,277888,277986,277996	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	56	33.9	1	277876	3092
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			2	277892,277945	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			9	277850,277853,277897,277950,277955,277956,277960,277964,277983	5509
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	56	33.9	2	277876,277919	83
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	277850,277955	5516
Burbankite ()*	Burbankite	(Na,Ca)₃(Sr,Ba,Ce)₃(CO₃)₅			1	277919	52
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	56	33.9	6	277852,277876,277919,277952,277961,277985	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			6	277833,277848,277924,277925,277931,277932	1184
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	277961	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			4	277850,277897,277955,277983	5707
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	277950	1382
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	277874,277886	3902
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	56	33.9	1	277876	90
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	47.5	42.3	4	277852,277876,277884,277919	9895
Elpidite ()*	Elpidite	Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O	56	33.9	2	277876,277985	50
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			4	277852,277872,277896,277909	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			4	277839,277952,277958,277961	24243
Garrelsite ()*	None	NaBa₃B₇Si₂O₁₆(OH)₄	56	33.9	3	277876,277919,277985	5
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	277843,277864	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			7	277856,277874,277875,277886,277887,277890,277897	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			4	277869,277917,277983,277997	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			2	277983,277984	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			12	277834,277850,277854,277859,277864,277886,277898,277955,277959,277961,277976,278002	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	277886	5433
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)			3	277900,277983,277984	123
Leucosphenite ()*	None	Na₄BaTi₂B₂Si₁₀O₃₀	56	33.9	4	277867,277876,277911,277985	19
Loughlinite ()*	Clay	Na₂Mg₃Si₆O₁₆·8H₂O			1	277985	6
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			23	277850,277853,277854,277897,277903,277926,277929,277930,277933,277934,277935,277937,277941,277950,277955,277956,277960,277961,277962,277963,277964,277983,278002	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	277983	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃			1	277984	140
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)			1	277984	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	56	33.9	1	277876	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	56	33.9	3	277876,277919,277985	78
Neighborite ()*	Perovskite	NaMgF₃	56	33.9	3	277876,277919,277985	17
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	56	33.9	1	277876	64
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	47.5	42.3	1	277884	2349
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			2	277886,277887	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	47.5	42.3	6	277850,277876,277884,277919,277955,277983	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	277918	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	47.5	42.3	4	277860,277869,277884,277919	61156
Reedmergnerite ()*	Feldspar	NaBSi₃O₈			1	277985	9
Searlesite ()*	None	NaBSi₂O₅(OH)₂	56	33.9	2	277876,277985	34
Shortite ()*	None	Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃	56	33.9	2	277876,277985	37
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			3	277950,277952,277961	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	277952,277961	21482
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	277945	1059
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O			1	277851	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			3	277904,277929,277937	2718
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	56	33.9	3	277876,277919,277985	372
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	277886	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0008	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0009	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0010	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0011	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0012	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0013	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0014	In Mahogany Zone
Michelle_0015	In Mahogany Zone

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID	Age Notes
USGS_PP168-001	56	33.9	Eocene	statigraphy	age of the Green River Formation		20265	Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	Green River Formation	Bradley (1931)	USGS_PP168	age of the Green River Formation
Michelle_0008	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Abelsonite	39263	ERDA/LERC No. 2 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 2 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0009	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Abelsonite	39264	ERDA/LERC No. 3 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 3 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0010	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Abelsonite	39265	ERDA/LERC No. 4 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 4 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0011	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Abelsonite	39266	ERDA/LERC No. 6 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 6 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0012	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Abelsonite	39267	ERDA/LERC No. 7 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 7 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0013	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Abelsonite	39268	ERDA/LERC No. 8 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 8 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0014	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Abelsonite	39269	ERDA/LERC No. 9 Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	ERDA/LERC No. 9 Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930
Michelle_0015	47.5	42.3	47.5-42.3	Stratigraphy	Age of deposition	Abelsonite	39262	WOSCO Well, Green River Formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA	WOSCO Well	Milton et al. (1978)	AM63_930

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