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Firefly–Pigmay Mine, La Sal Quadrangle, San Juan Co., Utah, USA

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A uranium-vanadium mine.
www.users.muohio.edu/rakovajf/Dickthomssenite.pdf





Mineral List:
  		•  Bariandite
    Al
     
    3
    		[(V
    5+
     
    		,V
    4+
     
    		)
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		]
     
    10
    		 · 45H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min Rec 33:4 pp351-355; Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39, pp. 1691-1700]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Collected by and in the collection of Brent Thorne]
    Site Photo
    Firefly–Pigmay Mine, La Sal Quadrangle, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Carnotite
    K
     
    2
    		(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[VO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39, pp. 1691-1700; U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Chalcomenite
    Cu[SeO
     
    3
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Collected by and in the collection of Brent Thorne.]
    Site Photo
    Firefly–Pigmay Mine, La Sal Quadrangle, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Clausthalite
    PbSe
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39, pp. 1691-1700]
    Site Photo
    Firefly–Pigmay Mine, La Sal Quadrangle, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne 2008
  		•  Coffinite
    (U,Th)[(OH)
     
    4x
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    1-x
    		]
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39, pp. 1691-1700; U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Corvusite
    V
     
    7
    		O
     
    20
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39, pp. 1691-1700]
  		•  Devilline
    CaCu
     
    4
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		·3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39, pp. 1691-1700]
  		•  Dickthomssenite (TL)
    Mg(V
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		)·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Firefly–Pigmay Mine, La Sal Quadrangle, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39, pp. 1691-1700 ]
    Site Photo
    Firefly–Pigmay Mine, La Sal Quadrangle, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39, pp. 1691-1700; U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Hewettite
    Ca[V
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		|V
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		] · 9H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39, pp. 1691-1700]
    Site Photo
    Firefly–Pigmay Mine, La Sal Quadrangle, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
    © Brent Thorne
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Montroseite
    (V,Fe)O(OH)
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39, pp. 1691-1700; U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Pascoite
    Ca
     
    3
    		[V
     
    10
    		O
     
    28
    		] · 17H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Can. Min. (2001) 39, 6, 1691-1700]
    Site Photo
    Firefly–Pigmay Mine, La Sal Quadrangle, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
    © Steve Hardinger
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39, pp. 1691-1700; U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Roscoelite
    K(V,Al)
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39, pp. 1691-1700]
  		•  Rossite
    Ca[V
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		] · 4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39, pp. 1691-1700]
  		•  Selenium
    Se
    Reference: [Can. Min. (2001) 39, 6, 1691-1700]
    Site Photo
    Firefly–Pigmay Mine, La Sal Quadrangle, San Juan Co., Utah, USA
     
  		•  Sherwoodite
    Ca
     
    9
    		Al
     
    2
    		V
     
    4
    		V
     
    24
    		O
     
    80
    		·56H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Can. Min. (2001) 39, 6, 1691-1700]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Tennantite
    (Cu,Ag,Fe,Zn)
     
    12
    		As
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39, pp. 1691-1700]
  		•  Torbernite
    Cu(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Tyuyamunite
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[VO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 5-8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39, pp. 1691-1700; U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Uraninite
    UO
     
    2
    Reference: [Canadian Mineralogist (2001) 39, pp. 1691-1700; U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]
  		•  Uranophane
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[HSiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.]


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