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Peanut Mine, Bull Canyon, Montrose County, Colorado, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Peanut Mine | Mine |
| Bull Canyon | Canyon |
| Montrose County | County |
| Colorado | State |
| USA | Country |
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38° 12' 43'' North , 108° 45' 58'' West
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This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded from this region.Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities29 valid minerals. 3 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| β Barnesite Formula: (Na,Ca)V6O16 · 3H2O |
| β Carnotite Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O References: |
| β Chalcocite Formula: Cu2S |
| β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| β Coffinite Formula: U(SiO4) · nH2O |
| β Corvusite Formula: (Na,K,Ca,Mg)2(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20 · 6-10H2O |
| β Digenite Formula: Cu9S5 |
| β Doloresite Formula: V4+3O4(OH)4 |
| β Duttonite (TL) Formula: V4+O(OH)2 Type Locality: References: THOMPSON, M. E., ROACH, C. H., MEYROWITZ, R. (1956) Duttonite, New Vanadium Mineral from Peanut Mine, Montrose County, Colorado. Science, 123 (3205). 990 doi:10.1126/science.123.3205.990 |
| β Galena Formula: PbS |
| β Hewettite Formula: CaV6O16 · 9H2O |
| β Hummerite Formula: K2Mg2(V10O28) · 16H2O |
| β 'Limonite' |
| β Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| β Marcasite Formula: FeS2 |
| β Melanovanadite Formula: Ca(V5+,V4+)4O10 · 5H2O |
| β Metatyuyamunite Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O References: |
| β Molybdenite Formula: MoS2 |
| β Montroseite Formula: (V3+,Fe3+)O(OH) |
| β Native Selenium Formula: Se |
| β Paramontroseite Formula: V4+O2 |
| β Pascoite Formula: Ca2Ca(V10O28) · 17H2O |
| β 'Pascoite Family' |
| β Pintadoite Formula: Ca2(V2O7) · 9H2O References: |
| β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| β Sherwoodite (TL) Formula: Ca5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39) · 28H2O Type Locality: 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 |
| β Simplotite (TL) Formula: CaV4+4O9 · 5H2O Type Locality: 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 References: THOMPSON, M. E.; ROACH, C. H.; MEYROWITZ, R. (1956) Simplotite, New Calcium Tetravanadite from the Colorado Plateau. Science, 123 (3207). 1078 doi:10.1126/science.123.3207.1078 |
| β Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
| β Tyuyamunite Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
| β Uraninite Formula: UO2 |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Native Selenium | 1.CC.10 | Se |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| β | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
| β | Digenite | 2.BA.10 | Cu9S5 |
| β | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| β | Molybdenite | 2.EA.30 | MoS2 |
| β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| β | Marcasite | 2.EB.10a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | Paramontroseite | 4.DB.15a | V4+O2 |
| β | Uraninite | 4.DL.05 | UO2 |
| β | Montroseite | 4.FD.10 | (V3+,Fe3+)O(OH) |
| β | Carnotite | 4.HB.05 | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 Β· 3H2O |
| β | Metatyuyamunite | 4.HB.25 | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 Β· 3H2O |
| β | Tyuyamunite | 4.HB.25 | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 Β· 5-8H2O |
| β | Pascoite | 4.HC.05 | Ca2Ca(V10O28) Β· 17H2O |
| β | Hummerite | 4.HC.10 | K2Mg2(V10O28) Β· 16H2O |
| β | Sherwoodite (TL) | 4.HC.15 | Ca5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39) Β· 28H2O |
| β | Melanovanadite | 4.HE.05 | Ca(V5+,V4+)4O10 Β· 5H2O |
| β | Hewettite | 4.HE.15 | CaV6O16 Β· 9H2O |
| β | Corvusite | 4.HE.20 | (Na,K,Ca,Mg)2(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20 Β· 6-10H2O |
| β | Doloresite | 4.HE.30 | V4+3O4(OH)4 |
| β | Duttonite (TL) | 4.HE.35 | V4+O(OH)2 |
| β | Simplotite (TL) | 4.HG.20 | CaV4+4O9 Β· 5H2O |
| β | Barnesite | 4.HG.45 | (Na,Ca)V6O16 Β· 3H2O |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
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Peanut No. 3, Peanut Mine, Bull Canyon, Montrose County, Colorado, USA