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Peanut Mine, Bull Canyon, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA

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Mineral List:
  		•  Barnesite
    Na
     
    2
    		[V
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		|V
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.]
  		•  Carnotite
    K
     
    2
    		(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[VO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [None listed]
  		•  Chalcocite
    Cu
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Coffinite
    (U,Th)[(OH)
     
    4x
    		|(SiO
     
    4
    		)
     
    1-x
    		]
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Corvusite
    V
     
    7
    		O
     
    20
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Digenite
    Cu
     
    9
    		S
     
    5
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Doloresite
    3V
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Duttonite (TL)
    VO(OH)
     
    2
    Type Locality: Peanut Mine, Bull Canyon, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA
    Reference: [Science (1956) 123, 990; Clark, 1993 - "Hey's Mineral Index"]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Hewettite
    Ca[V
     
    2
    		O
     
    6
    		|V
     
    4
    		O
     
    10
    		] · 9H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels]
  		•  Hummerite
    K
     
    2
    		Mg
     
    2
    		[V
     
    10
    		O
     
    28
    		] · 16H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels]
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Melanovanadite
    Ca
     
    2
    		V
     
    4
    		V
     
    6
    		O
     
    25
    		·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Montroseite
    (V,Fe)O(OH)
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Paramontroseite
    VO
     
    2
    Reference: [Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckel, E. B.]
  		•  Pascoite
    Ca
     
    3
    		[V
     
    10
    		O
     
    28
    		] · 17H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels]
  		•  Selenium
    Se
    Reference: [Korbel & Novak, 1999. Minerals Encyclopaedia, p.17.]
  		•  Sherwoodite (TL)
    Ca
     
    9
    		Al
     
    2
    		V
     
    4
    		V
     
    24
    		O
     
    80
    		·56H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Peanut Mine, Bull Canyon, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA
    Description: This Colorado type species is an oxidation product of other vanadium minerals and occurs as dark blue-black crystals that coat fracture surfaces and partings in sandstones or along fractures in coalified wood. It is commonly associated with native seleni
    Reference: [Amer.Min.(1958) 43, 749-755; "Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", p. 435, by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997]
  		•  Simplotite (TL)
    CaV
     
    4
    		O
     
    9
    		·5H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Peanut Mine, Bull Canyon, Uravan District, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA
    Description: Simplotite is one of the many new vanadium minerals that were discovered in the Uravan mineral belt uranium-vanadium deposits on the Colorado Pateau. This species occurs as dark green micaceous plates and hemispherical aggregates of radiating books of pl
    Reference: [Science (1956) 123, 1078; "Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", p. 444, by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Tyuyamunite
    Ca(UO
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[VO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 5-8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]
  		•  Uraninite
    UO
     
    2
    Reference: [USGS Prof Paper 320]


    28 entries listed. 27 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

    Localities in this Region:
    USA
     
    • Colorado
      • Montrose Co.
        • Uravan District
          • Bull Canyon
            • Peanut Mine

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