Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cato Sells Mine (Cato Sells Monument Mine; Cato Sells Tract 1 And 2), Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 180
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 45889
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45889.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cato Sells Mine (Cato Sells Monument Mine; Cato Sells Tract 1 And 2), Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°56'11"N
Longitude: 109°52'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.936388888889,-109.86861111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Alunite	Amorphous	Calcite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Quartz	Straczekite	Zircon

Becquerelite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Corvusite ()*
Doloresite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Montroseite ()*	Opal ()*
Quartz ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: C Ca Fe H K Na O S Si U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H K Na O S Si U V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Calcite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum None Quartz Straczekite Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	65	60	92
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	65	60	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	65	60	1184
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	65	60	566
Corvusite ()*	Straczekite	(Na,Ca,K)_1-x(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺,Fe²⁺)₈O₂₀·4H₂O	65	60	79
Doloresite ()*	None	V⁴⁺₃O₄(OH)₄	65	60	23
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	65	60	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	65	60	2228
Montroseite ()*	Diaspore	(V³⁺,Fe²⁺,V⁴⁺)O(OH)	65	60	136
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	65	60	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	65	60	61156
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	65	60	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	65	60	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	65	60	890

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00000629	60	60	60	238U-206U	Age is applied to the primary U minerals at this locality		uraninite	SS72	Uraninite	Coffinite, Uraninite	45889	Cato Sells Mine (Cato Sells Monument Mine; Cato Sells Tract 1 And 2), Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA	Cato Sells Mine	Miller et al. (1963)	10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB74_609	U238-Pb206 Age given by the USGS for the Chinle Formation found at the Cato Sells Mine
Giersdorf_00000630	65	65	65	235U-207Pb	Age is applied to the primary U minerals at this locality		uraninite	SS72	Uraninite	Coffinite, Uraninite	45889	Cato Sells Mine (Cato Sells Monument Mine; Cato Sells Tract 1 And 2), Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA	Cato Sells Mine	Miller et al. (1963)	10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB74_609	U235-Pb207 Age given by the USGS for the Chinle Formation found at the Cato Sells Mine
Giersdorf_00000631	180	180	180	207Pb-206Pb	The Pb207-Pb206 age given for these samples is described as being highly erroneous due to the systematic sensitivity of the analytic methods	low	uraninite	SS72	Uraninite	Coffinite, Uraninite	45889	Cato Sells Mine (Cato Sells Monument Mine; Cato Sells Tract 1 And 2), Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA	Cato Sells Mine	Miller et al. (1963)	10.1130/0016-7606(1963)74[609:IEOTOO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB74_609	Pb207-Pb206 Age given by the USGS for the Chinle Formation found at the Cato Sells Mine

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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