Calyx No. 3 Mine, Temple Mountain Mining District, Emery County, Utah, USAi
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Calyx No. 3 Mine | Mine |
Temple Mountain Mining District | Mining District |
Emery County | County |
Utah | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 40' 36'' North , 110° 40' 24'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Hanksville | 212 (2017) | 34.0km |
Ferron | 1,562 (2017) | 61.0km |
Clawson | 193 (2017) | 62.5km |
Mindat Locality ID:
180694
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:180694:9
GUID (UUID V4):
03ee3e99-84c5-4a3d-8d56-43c41e4712c3
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
AEC 3
Calyx 3 (AEC 3) was a shaft on Calyx Bench. It connected to Calyx 12 and Calyx 10.
Commodities (Major) - Uranium; (Minor) - Vanadium
Deposit Type: Replacement
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Moss Back Member Of Chinle Formation
Structure: San Rafael Swell, Temple Mountain Collapse
Tectonic Structure: Stable Platform
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
β Carnotite Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
β Coffinite Formula: U(SiO4) · nH2O |
β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
β Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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β | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
β | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
β | Carnotite | 4.HB.05 | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 Β· 3H2O |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Coffinite | 9.AD.30 | U(SiO4) Β· nH2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Carnotite | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
H | β Coffinite | U(SiO4) · nH2O |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Carnotite | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
O | β Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
O | β Coffinite | U(SiO4) · nH2O |
O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
Si | β Coffinite | U(SiO4) · nH2O |
Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
K | Potassium | |
K | β Carnotite | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
V | Vanadium | |
V | β Carnotite | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
U | Uranium | |
U | β Carnotite | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O |
U | β Coffinite | U(SiO4) · nH2O |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10072990 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Chugar Group Area BasinBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
USA
- Colorado PlateauPlateau
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