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Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Oquirrh Mts, Utah Co., Utah, USA

Located west of the town of Fairfield.

Refs.:
- The mineralogy and paragenesis of the variscite nodules from near Fairfield, Utah. American Mineralogist (1942): 27: 281-300, 350-372, and 441-451.

- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 942, 958, 976, 979, 980.

- http://www.mines.utah.edu/~jmarty/utah_minerals/clay_canyon.html

- http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/collectors_corner/arc/fairfield1.htm

- http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/collectors_corner/arc/fairfield2.htm

- http://www.minsocam.org/MSA/collectors_corner/arc/fairfield3.htm





Map Reference: 40°16'26"N , 112°9'14"W

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Mineral List:
  • Alunite
  • 'Apatite'
  • Apatite-(CaF)
    var: Carbonate-rich Apatite-(CaF)
  • Beidellite
  • Calcite
  • Crandallite
  • 'Davisonite'
  • 'Deltaite'
  • Englishite (TL)
  • Gordonite (TL)
  • Goyazite
  • Kolbeckite
  • Lehiite
  • Lewistonite
  • Limonite
  • Millisite (TL)
  • Montgomeryite (TL)
  • Overite (TL)
  • Pyrite
  • Quartz
       var: Chert
  • Roméite
    var: Lewisite
  • Variscite
  • Wardite (TL)


    24 entries listed. 15 valid minerals. 6 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    USA
     
    • Utah
      • Utah Co.
        • Oquirrh Mts
          • Fairfield
            • Clay Canyon

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