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Carnallite from
Paradox Basin, Grand County, Utah, USA


Locality type:Basin
Classification
Species:Carnallite
Formula:KMgCl3 · 6H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Carnallite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Paradox Basin, Grand County, Utah, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:183262
Long-form Identifier:1:3:183262:4
GUID (UUID V4):9793f537-c27d-47bf-bd1a-71fa32c744e6
References
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Report (issue)
SALINE FACIES OF THE PARADOX MEMBER OF THE HERMOSA FORMATION OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO...inn--. _____ -» ,__ »-»-.-_>-_* r^l |^ ________ Paradox member of the Hermosa formation TlT^T**_5l V* U^/^Jwi...stratigraphic nomenclature of the "saline facies", Paradox member, Hermosa formation All figures 2. Correlation...Correlation diagram of the "saline facies", Paradox member, Hermosa formation are in envelope at end of...SALINE FACIES OF THE PARADOX MEMBER OF THE HERMOSA FORMATION OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO*
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
K-Ar geochemistry of carnallite from salt-cycle six of the Paradox Formation in Utah, U.S.A. G.F. Huff*...Wampler, J.M., 1990. K-Ar geochemistry of camallite Utah, U.S.A. Chem. Geol. (Isot. Geosci. Sect. ), 80:...80: 309-318. from salt-cycle six of the Paradox Formation in A technique was developed which yielded...levels in salt-cycle six of the Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation. Apparent ages of dated evaporite specimens...specimens from salt-cycle six of the Paradox Formation in Utah range from 5 to 53 Ma. Most of the whole-rock
Report (issue)
POTASH DEPOSITS IN THE GIBSON DOME AREA, SOUTHEAST UTAH By R. J. Hite Open-File Report 82-1067 1982 This... SOUTHEAST UTAH By R. J. Hite INTRODUCTION In the Gibson Dome area of the Paradox Basin in southeast...southeast Utah, potash deposits are present in the Middle Pennsylvanian Paradox Member of the Hermosa Formation...located about 16 miles south of Moab, in San Juan County, Utah (fig. 1). The area includes three small salt...(fig. 2). The entire evaporite sequence of the Paradox Member was cored in this hole, allowing the potash
Report (issue)
Company, provided a surface tour of the Wendover, Utah, site. Gregory Bruce and Ralph Ramstetter of Intrepid................................4 Great Salt Lake, Utah................................................................6 Bonneville Salt Flats, Wendover, Utah.......................................................................................7 Delaware Basin, Southeast New Mexico..............................................................7 Paradox Basin, Southeast Utah....................................
Report (issue)
Salado Formation, New Mexico and Texas, and the Paradox Member of the Hermosa Formation, Colorado and ...the marine evaporite succession of the Paradox Basin of Utah, and the Salado Formation of Texas and New...t analyses of halite, carnallite, and water-insoluble material from carnallite-halite rocks of the German...the bottom. As long as salt water can enter the basin and the channels remain shallow enough to prevent...this process will continue; and eventually the basin will become filled with salts, covered with a sheet
Report (issue)
inclusions in core from Gibson Dome No. 1 bore, Paradox Basin, Utah by Edwin Roedderl U.S. Geological Survey...These samples were from evaporite cycle 6 of the Paradox Member of the Hermosa Formation. The aim of this...PXX-82-281 , from N.A. Frazier, Project Manager, Paradox Basin Exploration Office, to Mr. Fred Conwell, Woodward-Clyde...features from the original crystal growth in a salt basin. The main evidence for primary crystallization is...deposition of the original salt beds in the Paradox Basin, leaving curving surfaces cutting across the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Studies, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA b CCiTUB, Scientific and Technological Centers, Universitat...Gas Corp., 5 Greenway Plaza, Houston, TX 77046, USA Received 22 October 2013; accepted in revised form...Mississippian Windsor and Mabou Groups, Shubenacadie Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada (Asbian and Pendleian Substages...5–330 Ma), and from the Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation, Utah, USA, (Desmoinesian Stage 309–305 Ma) contain...Mississippian Shubenacadie Basin (13.2–14.0 &) and the Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation (11.2–12.6 &) support
Report (issue)
THE LISBON VALLEY POTASH DEPOSITS, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH by Robert J. Hite OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-148...of the U.S. Geological Survey in Salt Lake City, Utah, is available for public inspection because the...2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Page Index map of the Paradox basin- -------2 Correlation diagram, Lisbon Valley...THE LISBON VALLEY POTASH DEPOSITS, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH By Robert J. Hite INTRODUCTION The Lisbon Valley...deposits are located in the southeast corner of Utah about 50 km (31 mi) southeast of Moab and about
Report (issue)
D.O.E. Gibson Dome Corehole no. 1, San Juan County, Utah By Robert J. Hite 1 Open-File Report 83-780...D.O.E. GIBSON DOME COREHOLE NO. 1, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH by Robert J. Hite As part of the U.S. Department...drilled in sec. 21, T. 30 S., R. 21 E., San Juan County, Utah, by Woodward-Clyde Consultants in 1981. This...corehole is located in the southwest part of the Paradox Basin on the southeast plunge of a small salt anticline...DOLORES MONTEZUMA UTAH A'RIZ. Figure 1. Index map showing boundaries of the Paradox Basin (solid line),
Report (issue)
Carnallite Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point Group: 21m 21m 21m. Crystals rare, pseudohexagonal; pyramidal...difference. (3) KMgCI3.6H20. (2) Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA. Occurrence: Thought to form in saline marine deposits...England, at Aislaby, Yorkshire. In the USA, in the Permian salt basin of southeastern New Mexico, in the...parts of Texas; from the Paradox basin, Grand Co., and other places in Utah. Name: For Rudolph von Carnall...Zoltai (1985) Refinement of the structure of carnallite, Mg(H20)6KCI3' Amer. MineraL, 70, 1309-1313.
Report (volume)
Middle Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation of the Hermosa Group, Paradox Basin, Utah and Colorado U.S. GEOLOGICAL...along the Colorado River between Cisco and Moab, Utah. Fisher Towers in center is composed of Permian...Middle Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation of the Hermosa Group, Paradox Basin, Utah and Colorado By Omer...Robert J. Kite EVOLUTION OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS PARADOX BASIN A.C. Huffman, Jr., Project Coordinator U.S...Middle Pennsylvania!! Paradox Formation of the Hermosa Group, Paradox Basin, Utah and Colorado / by Omer
Report (issue)
SOLUTION MINING IN CYCLE 13, PARAOOX MEMBER, NEAR MOAB, UTAH by Robert J. Hi te OPEN-FILE REPORT 76-755 1976...POTASH SOLUTION MINING IN CYCLE 13, . PARADOX MEMB.ER, NEAR MOAB, , UTAH by Robert J. Hi te Introduction...Introduction Potash resources in the Paradox basin of southeast Utah and southwest t.. Colorado are large and occur...mining. The potash deposits of the Paradox basin _, are in the Paradox .Member .. of the Hermosa Formation...Middle Pennsylvanian age. In the Paradox basin proper, the Paradox Member consists of at least 29 evaporite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CALCIUM RARE-EARTH BORATE MINERAL FROM THE PARADOX BASIN, GRAND COUNTY, UTAH1 OltBn B. Raue, Aprnun J. Guoo...hole one mile south of the mine, near Moab, Grand County, Utah. The braitschite is in white to reddish-pink...the Texas Gulf Sulphur Company near Moab' Grand County, Utah. Optical, spectrographic' and X-ray diffraction...evaporitesof the Paradox Member, Ifermosa Formation of Pennsylvanianage, in the Paradox Basin in southeasternUtah...southwest of Moab in the SE f, sec.24,T265, R20E, Grand County, Utah (Fig. 1) and (Raup, Gude, and Groves,1967)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
State University of New York, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA Correspondence: lowenst@binghamton.edu; Tel.: +1-607-777-4254...contain daughter crystals of sylvite (KCl) and carnallite (MgCl2 ·KCl·6H2 O). Petrographic textures demonstrate...conditions leading to the precipitation of sylvite and carnallite daughter crystals within fluid inclusions. Dissolution...from warm brines rich in K-Mg-Na-Cl; sylvite and carnallite daughter crystals were nucleated during cooling...techniques [17]. Daughter crystals of sylvite and carnallite are common in fluid inclusions in halite associated
Report (issue)
Denver, Colorado 80225 GEOLOGIC APPRAISAL OF PARADOX BASIN SALT DEPOSITS FOR WASTE EMPLACEMENT by Robert... :r---:- ' - General statement Pre-Paradox rocks Paradox Member--- .- - , .-- 8 . - ---- -...- - Halite rock - 19 19 Black shale Post-Paradox rocks 7 8 , - 3 20 -- - Structure 21 23...24 Geologic persistence of Paradox salt deposits - Gas in the Paradox Member 37 42 Geology of specific...Moab-Spanish Valley-Pine Ridge anticline- 53 -., ,! v Paradox Valley anticline ---- . 57 Salt Valley anticline
Report (issue)
100.00 (1) McDowell Well, Glasscock Co., Texas, USA. (2) K2 Ca2 Mg(SO4 )4 • 2H2 O. Occurrence: Common...Association: Halite, anhydrite, glauberite, carnallite, kieserite, langbeinite, vanthoffite. Distribution:...Nagaur-Ganganagar Basin, Rajasthan, India. From the Qarhan alt lake, Quadam Basin, Qinghai Province,... China. In the USA, in the Carlsbad potash district, Eddy Co., and adjacent parts of Texas; in the Paradox...Paradox Basin, Grand Co., and elsewhere in Utah. Name: From the Greek for many and salt, in allusion
Report (issue)
CALITI ES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY a division of the UTAH DEPARTMENT...JANUARY 1981 MINERALS AND MINERAL LOCALITIES OF UTAH by Kenneth C. Bullock Nature displays her most...State of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings.... . . . . . . 1 Chapter II. Mining Districts of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (issue)
Germany; H2 O by difference. (2) Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA. (3) KMgCl3 • 6H2 O. Occurrence: Thought to form...England, at Aislaby, near Whitby, Yorkshire. In the USA, in New Mexico, in the Carlsbad potash district,...parts of Texas; from the Paradox basin, Grand Co., and other places in Utah. Name: For Rudolph von Carnall...Zoltai (1985) Refinement of the structure of carnallite, Mg(H2 O)6 KCl3 . Amer. Mineral., 70, 1309–1313
Report (issue)
and enclosing dolomi~es and anhydrite for the Paradox basin__________ m 164 166 168 SHORTER CONTRIBUTIONS...3 ppb) in water samples from· Great s·alt Lake, Utah. Some samples from the Salton Sea, Cali£., that...uranium that can be. deposited .within a salt-pan basin normally is very small. I£ the figure of 0.1 ·ppb...reported by various authors (HerIf an undrained basin that _initially- held a lake.,. an n:egger and Karlik...x 101. The distribution of uranium in salt-pan basin sediments is not completely known. Some organic-rich
Report (issue)
efflorescence. Association: celestine. Halite, carnallite, polyhalite, anhydrite, boracite, sulfoborite...the Mayo mine, Salt Range, Punjab, India. In the USA, from the Carlsbad potash district, Eddy Co., New... extending into west Texas; in the Paradox Basin, Grand Co., Utah. Name: Honoring Dietrich Georg Kieser
Book (volume)
GEOCHEMISTRY Evaporite Deposits of the Permian Holbrook Basin, Arizona . • ♦ • • • • • • • Geology of...Basins. 11 35 Sal t Deposits of Sevier Valley, Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Barr en Halite Zones... 102 122 Complex Salts and Brines of the Paradox Basin . . . . . . . . . . 133 151 160 165 166 167...Distribution in Some Halite Rocks of the Paradox Member, Hermosa Formation, in Utah 236 Bromide Geochemistry of...Evolution of Closed Basin Water in the Western Great Basin Great Salt Lake, Utah, and Its Environment
Report (issue)
Measurements in Three Drill Holes at Salt Valley, Utah by Jeffrey J. Daniels, Robert J. Kite, and James...Measurements in Three Drill Holes at Salt Valley, Utah by Jeffrey J. Daniels, Robert J. Hite, and James... No. 2, and No. 3) were drilled at Salt Valley, Utah, to study the geologic, physical, geochemical, ...hydrologic properties of the evaporite sequence in Paradox Member of the Hermosa Formation. the Permian ...determine the suitability of salt deposits in the Paradox basin as a storage medium for radioactive waste material
Report (volume)
and structural configuration of salt______ Salt basin west of Guadalupe Mountains.________________ Texas...southwestern Kansas area___________ Paradox basin, southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado___________...formation._________________________________________ Paradox member._________________________________________...rocks_______________________________________ Supai basin, Arizona and New Mexico.______________________________...________ 49 m IV CONTENTS Page Williston basin, North Dakota, Montana, and South Dakota___ _ ___
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of hydrochemical environment in each halogenic basin. DOI: 10.1134/S0024490206040080 INTRODUCTION The...differentiation of brine by its density within a basin. In addition, the formation of potash deposits was...Valyashko (1962) has expanded the system of halogenic basin by including older evaporite deposits. According...and 7H2O), potassium chloride, and some part of carnallite, the field of which is markedly enlarged. Fields...during various geological epochs. Sylvite and carnallite are the most abundant potassic minerals precipitated
Report (issue)
Butler Wash Wilderness Study Areas, San Juan County, Utah U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1754-A Chapter...Butler Wash Wilderness Study .Areas, San Juan County, Utah By CHARLES G. PATTERSON, MARGO I. TOTH, JAMES...WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS UPPER COLORADO RIVER REGION, UTAH DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DONALD PAUL MODEL,...Juan County, Utah. (Mineral resources of wilderness study areas upper Colorado River region, Utah ; ch...mineral resources Utah Indian Creek Wilderness. 2. Mines and mineral resources Utah Bridger Jack Mesa
 
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