Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 360
Youngest recorded age at locality: 70

mindat Locality ID: 3294
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3294.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°55'35"N
Longitude: 109°53'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.926388888889,-109.88861111111

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.

Ajoite	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Autunite	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Fluorite	Fritzscheite
Gypsum	Hewettite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pascoite	Pyrite	Quartz	Ramsdellite
Rocksalt	Schoepite	Schubnelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Straczekite	Sulphur	Volborthite	Zircon

Antlerite ()*	Autunite ()*	Becquerelite ()*	Bokite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Corvusite ()*	Doloresite ()*
Fernandinite ()*	Fervanite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fourmarierite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hewettite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Metahewettite ()*	Metarossite ()*	Metatyuyamunite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Montroseite ()*	Navajoite ()*	Opal ()*	Paramontroseite ()*	Pascoite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rauvite ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Schoepite ()*
Schubnelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Steigerite ()*	Straczekite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Uvanite ()*	Vandendriesscheite ()*
Variscite ()*	Vésigniéite ()*	Volborthite ()*

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: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Ajoite Alunite Amorphous Apatite Autunite Calcite Clay Diaspore Fluorite Fritzscheite
Gypsum Hewettite Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pascoite Pyrite Quartz Ramsdellite
Rocksalt Schoepite Schubnelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Straczekite Sulphur Volborthite Zircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	105	70	246
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	105	70	1272
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	105	70	92
Bokite ()*	Straczekite	(Al,Fe)_1.3(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺,Fe³⁺)₈O₂₀·7.5H₂O	105	70	10
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	105	70	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	105	70	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	105	70	1184
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	105	70	566
Corvusite ()*	Straczekite	(Na,Ca,K)_1-x(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺,Fe²⁺)₈O₂₀·4H₂O	105	70	79
Doloresite ()*	None	V⁴⁺₃O₄(OH)₄	105	70	23
Fernandinite ()*	Straczekite	(Ca,Na,K)_0.9(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺,Fe²⁺,Ti)₈O₂₀·4H₂O	105	70	7
Fervanite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₄V⁵⁺₄O₁₆·5H₂O	105	70	10
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	105	70	2740
Fourmarierite ()*	Schoepite	Pb_1-xO_3-2x(UO₂)₄(OH)_4+2x·4H₂O	105	70	61
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	105	70	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	105	70	6890
Hewettite ()*	Hewettite	CaV⁵⁺₆O₁₆·9H₂O	105	70	58
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	105	70	123
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	105	70	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	105	70	5591
Metahewettite ()*	Hewettite	CaV⁵⁺₆O₁₆·3H₂O	105	70	56
Metarossite ()*	None	CaV⁵⁺₂O₆·2H₂O	105	70	34
Metatyuyamunite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	105	70	129
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	105	70	182
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	105	70	1508
Montroseite ()*	Diaspore	(V³⁺,Fe²⁺,V⁴⁺)O(OH)	105	70	136
Navajoite ()*	Ajoite	(V⁵⁺,Fe³⁺)₁₀O₂₄·12H₂O	105	70	11
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	105	70	2994
Paramontroseite ()*	Ramsdellite	VO₂	105	70	39
Pascoite ()*	Pascoite	Ca₃V⁵⁺₁₀O₂₈·17H₂O	105	70	78
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	105	70	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	105	70	61156
Rauvite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂V₁₀O₂₈·16H₂O	105	70	32
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	105	70	253
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆	105	70	94
Schubnelite ()*	Schubnelite	Fe³⁺(V⁵⁺O₄)·H₂O	105	70	4
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	105	70	21482
Steigerite ()*	None	Al(VO₄)·3H₂O	105	70	10
Straczekite ()*	Straczekite	(Ca,K,Ba)(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺)₈O₂₀·3H₂O	105	70	4
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	105	70	2045
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	105	70	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	105	70	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	105	70	890
Uvanite ()*	None	(UO₂)₂V⁵⁺₆O₁₇·15H₂O (?)	105	70	9
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O	105	70	52
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	105	70	301
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	105	70	46
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	105	70	155

9 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_00000635	70	70	70	238U-206U	Age is applied to the primary U minerals at this locality		uraninite	SS71	Uraninite	Uraninite	3294	Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA	Monument No. 2 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 Monument No. 2 Mine
Giersdorf_00000636	78	78	78	235U-207Pb	Age is applied to the primary U minerals at this locality		uraninite	SS71	Uraninite	Uraninite	3294	Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA	Monument No. 2 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 Monument No. 2 Mine
Giersdorf_00000637	360	360	360	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	SS71	Uraninite	Uraninite	3294	Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA	Monument No. 2 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 Monument No. 2 Mine
Giersdorf_00000638	85	85	85	238U-206U	Age is applied to the primary U minerals at this locality		uraninite	SS190	Uraninite	Uraninite	3294	Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA	Monument No. 2 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 Monument No. 2 Mine
Giersdorf_00000639	90	90	90	235U-207Pb	Age is applied to the primary U minerals at this locality		uraninite	SS190	Uraninite	Uraninite	3294	Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA	Monument No. 2 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 Monument No. 2 Mine
Giersdorf_00000640	260	260	260	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	SS190	Uraninite	Uraninite	3294	Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA	Monument No. 2 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 Monument No. 2 Mine
Giersdorf_00000641	100	100	100	238U-206U	Age is applied to the primary U minerals at this locality		uraninite	SS79	Uraninite	Uraninite	3294	Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA	Monument No. 2 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 Monument No. 2 Mine
Giersdorf_00000642	105	105	105	235U-207Pb	Age is applied to the primary U minerals at this locality		uraninite	SS79	Uraninite	Uraninite	3294	Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA	Monument No. 2 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 Monument No. 2 Mine
Giersdorf_00000643	280	280	280	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	SS79	Uraninite	Uraninite	3294	Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA	Monument No. 2 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 Monument No. 2 Mine

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060590	Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R060590
R060265	Monument No. 2 Mine, Monument No. 2 Channel, Yazzie Mesa, Cane Valley Mining District, Apache Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R060265

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