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Doloresite

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Grants District, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA
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Formula:
V
4+
3
O
 
4
(OH)
 
4
System:Monoclinic
Name:For the Dolores River.


Often intimately intermixed with other vanadium oxide minerals, especially montroseite–paramontroseite.

Classification of Doloresite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/G.08-20
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.HE.30

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
H : V[5,6] Vanadates
E : Phyllovanadates
Dana 8th edition ID:47.4.7.1

47 : VANADIUM OXYSALTS
4 : Vanadium Bronzes
Hey's CIM Ref.:7.12.6

7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
12 : Oxides of V, Nb and Ta
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Type Occurrence of Doloresite

Type Locality:La Sal No. 2 Mine, Beaver Mesa, Mesa Co., Colorado, USA
Year of Discovery:1957

Crystallography of Doloresite

Crystal System:Monoclinic
Cell Parameters:a = 19.64Å, b = 2.99Å, c = 4.83Å
β = 103.91°
Ratio:a:b:c = 6.569 : 1 : 1.615
Unit Cell Volume:V 275.32 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
4.70 (100)
3.83 (50)
3.16 (42)
2.98 (15)
2.45 (50)
1.933 (25)
1.799 (21)

Chemical Properties of Doloresite

Formula:
V
4+
3
O
 
4
(OH)
 
4
Essential elements:H, O, V
All elements listed in formula:H, O, V

Relationship of Doloresite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
4.HE.05Melanovanadite
Ca
 
2
(V
5+
 
,V
4+
 
)
 
4
O
 
10
 · 5H
 
2
O
4.HE.10Shcherbinaite
V
5+
2
O
 
5
4.HE.15Hewettite
CaV
 
6
O
 
16
 · 9H
 
2
O
4.HE.15Metahewettite
CaV
 
6
O
 
16
 · 3H
 
2
O
4.HE.20Bariandite
Al
 
0.6
(V
5+
 
,V
4+
 
)
 
8
O
 
20
 · 9H
 
2
O
4.HE.20Bokite
(Al,Fe
3+
 
)
 
1.3
(V
5+
 
,V
4+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)
 
8
O
 
20
 · 7.4H
 
2
O
4.HE.20Corvusite
(Na,K,Ca,Mg)
 
2
(V
5+
 
,V
4+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)
 
8
O
 
20
 · 6-10H
 
2
O
4.HE.20Fernandinite
(Ca,K)(V
5+
 
,V
4+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)
 
8
O
 
20
 · 10H
 
2
O
4.HE.20Straczekite
(Ca,K,Ba)(V
5+
 
,V
4+
 
)
 
8
O
 
20
 · 3H
 
2
O
4.HE.25Häggite
V
3+
 
V
4+
 
O
 
2
(OH)
 
3
4.HE.35Duttonite
V
4+
 
O(OH)
 
2
4.HE.40Cavoite
CaV
4+
3
O
 
7
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
7.12.1Montroseite
(V
3+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)O(OH)
7.12.2 Scherbinaite
7.12.3Paramontroseite
V
4+
 
O
 
2
7.12.4Häggite
V
3+
 
V
4+
 
O
 
2
(OH)
 
3
7.12.5Duttonite
V
4+
 
O(OH)
 
2
7.12.7Lenoblite
V
4+
2
O
 
4
 · 2H
 
2
O
7.12.8Navajoite
Fe
3+
 
V
5+
9
O
 
24
 · 12H
 
2
O
7.12.9Vanoxite
V
4+
4
V
5+
2
O
 
13
 · 8H
 
2
O
7.12.10Bariandite
Al
 
0.6
(V
5+
 
,V
4+
 
)
 
8
O
 
20
 · 9H
 
2
O
7.12.11Corvusite
(Na,K,Ca,Mg)
 
2
(V
5+
 
,V
4+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)
 
8
O
 
20
 · 6-10H
 
2
O
7.12.12Simplotite
CaV
4+
4
O
 
9
 · 5H
 
2
O
7.12.13Kyzylkumite
BeV
3+
2
TiO
 
6
7.12.14Schreyerite
V
3+
2
Ti
 
3
O
 
9
7.12.15Berdesinskiite
V
3+
2
TiO
 
5
7.12.16Tivanite
V
3+
 
TiO
 
3
(OH)
7.12.17Mannardite
Ba
 
x
Ti
 
8-2x
V
 
2x
O
 
16
·2-xH
 
2
O
7.12.18Karelianite
V
3+
2
O
 
3
7.12.19Coulsonite
Fe
2+
 
V
3+
2
O
 
4
7.12.20Nolanite
(V
3+
 
,Fe
3+
 
,Fe
2+
 
,Ti)
 
10
O
 
14
(OH)
 
2
7.12.21Vuorelainenite
(Mn,Fe)(V,Cr)
 
2
O
 
4
7.12.22Tantite
Ta
 
2
O
 
5
7.12.23Kimrobinsonite
(Ta,Nb)(OH)
 
5-2x
(O,CO
 
3
)
 
x
 ; x near 1.2

Other Names for Doloresite

Other Languages:
German:Doloresit
Russian:Долоресит
Spanish:Doloresita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Doloresite

Reference List:

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Stern, T.W., L.R. Stieff, H.T. Evans, Jr., and A.M. Sherwood (1957): Doloresite, a new vanadium oxide mineral from the Colorado Plateau. Amer. Mineral., 42, 587–593.

Evans, H.T., Jr. and M.E. Mrose (1960): A crystal chemical study of the vanadium oxide minerals, häggite and doloresite. Amer. Mineral., 45, 1144–1166.

Théobald, F. (1975): Synthèse de la dolorésite. Bull. Soc. fr. Minéral., 98, 193–194 (in French).

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    • Localities for Doloresite

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    Australia
     
    • South Australia
      • Flinders Ranges
        • North Flinders Ranges
          • Puttapa
    		Elliott, P. (1991): Minerals from the Beltana mine, Puttapa, South Australia. Mineral. Rec. 22, 449-456.
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Apache Co.
        • Navajo Indian Reservation
          • Monument Valley
            • Monument No. 2 channel
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 189; Finnell, T.L. (1957), Structural control of uranium ore at the Monument No. 2 mine, Apache Co., AZ, Econ.Geol.: 52: 25-35; Witkind, I.J. & Thaden (1963), Geology and uranium-vanadium deposits of the Monument Valley area, Apache and Navajo Cos., AZ, USGS Bull. 1103: 97 (Table 2), 104-105; Young, R.G. (1964), Distribution of uranium deposits in the White Canyon-Monument Valley district UT-AZ, Econ.Geol.: 59: 850-973; Weeks, A.D. et al (1955), Navajoite, a new vanadium oxide from AZ, Am.Min.: 40: 207-212.
    Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 181, 207; Witkind, I.J. & R.E. Thaden (1963), Geology and uranium-vanadium deposits of the Monument Valley area, Apache and Navajo Cos., AZ: 115; Young, R.G. (1964), Distribution of uranium deposits in the White Canyon-Monument Valley district, UT-AZ, Econ.Geol.: 59: 850-973; Stern, T.W. et al (1957), Doloresite, a new vanadium oxide mineral from the Colorado Plateau, Am.Min.: 42: 587-593; Jensen, M.L. (1958), Sulphur isotopes and the origin of sandstone-type uranium deposits, Econ.Geol.: 53: 598-616; Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 34.
    • Colorado
      • Mesa Co.
        • Beaver Mesa
    		Am Min 45 (1960), 1144; "Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", pp. 185-186, by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997
        • Uravan District
          • Calamity Mesa
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
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          • Tenderfoot Mesa
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
      • Montrose Co.
        • Uravan District
          • Bull Canyon
    		USGS Prof Paper 320
    Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
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          • Paradox Valley
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
    • New Mexico
      • Cibola Co.
        • Grants District
    		Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
      • McKinley Co.
    		Northrop, Minerals of New Mexico, 3rd Rev. Ed., 1996
    Northrop, Minerals of New Mexico, 3rd rev. ed., 1996
    NMBMMR Memoir 15 Geology and Technology of the Grants Uranium Region
    • Utah
      • San Juan Co.
        • Big Indian District (Big Indian Wash - Lisbon Valley Area)
    		UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
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    • Wyoming
      • Crook Co.
        • Carlile
    		Am Min 45:1144-1166
    Uzbekistan
     
    • Kyzylkum Desert
      • Central Kyzylkum Region
        • Auminzatau Mts
    		Pavel M. Kartashov data
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