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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 1' 0'' North , 110° 38' 31'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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PlacePopulationDistance
Hanksville212 (2017)40.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
184111
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:184111:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: HUNT, C. B., AND OTHERS, 1953 , GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE HENRY MOUNTAINS REGION, UTAH: US GEOL. SURVEY PROF. PAPER 228 .
Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL SUTAH G & MS SPEC. STUDY 22, 1967, P. 26
Deposit:: UTAH G & MS BULL. 79, 1966, P. 44
Deposit:: USGS MAP MF-54, 1957
Deposit:: CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-27-1970
Commodities (Major) - Vanadium, Uranium
Deposit Type: Replacement
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
Structure: Henry Mountains Basin, East Flank, East Henry Mountains Syncline
Host Rock: Sandstone, Clay, Mud
Tectonic Structure: Stable Platform

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4 valid minerals.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Uraninite4.DL.05UO2
Montroseite4.FD.10(V3+,Fe3+)O(OH)
Carnotite4.HB.05K2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
Vanoxite4.HG.25V4+4V5+2O13 · 8H2O

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HHydrogen
H CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
H Montroseite(V3+,Fe3+)O(OH)
H VanoxiteV44+V25+O13 · 8H2O
OOxygen
O CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
O Montroseite(V3+,Fe3+)O(OH)
O UraniniteUO2
O VanoxiteV44+V25+O13 · 8H2O
KPotassium
K CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
VVanadium
V CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
V Montroseite(V3+,Fe3+)O(OH)
V VanoxiteV44+V25+O13 · 8H2O
FeIron
Fe Montroseite(V3+,Fe3+)O(OH)
UUranium
U CarnotiteK2(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 3H2O
U UraniniteUO2

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