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Locality Name:
Carrizo Range, Apache Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 27.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 22.5

mindat Locality ID: 44374
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44374.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carrizo Range, Apache Co., Arizona, USA": 122
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 107

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Black Rock Point Mining District
Chinle Mining District
Cove Mesa Mining District
Northeast Carrizo Mountains Mining District
West Carrizo Mining District

Latitude: 36°38'35"N
Longitude: 109°18'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.643055555556,-109.30916666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 O Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteDiasporeFluoriteFritzscheiteHewettiteNonePascoiteQuartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Hewettite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Montroseite  (*)
Pascoite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vanoxite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2136228,13629927770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O36136210,136217,136218,136221,136223,136224,136225,136232,136233,136240,136243,136247,136248,136266,136267,136271,136273,136274,136275,136277,136278,136289,136291,136299,136300,136302,136303,136305,136306,136307,136309,136310,136312,136316,136324,1363261184
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O27.522.5058
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2136270,136276129
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)3136221,136266,136298136
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O113631678
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2113625261156
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O27.522.547136210,136211,136212,136213,136214,136215,136217,136218,136219,136220,136221,136222,136223,136224,136225,136226,136227,136228,136229,136230,136231,136234,136235,136236,136237,136241,136242,136243,136245,136246,136248,136253,136265,136266,136267,136268,136271,136294,136296,136297,136299,136300,136313,136316,136317,136318,136321628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211362982718
Vanoxite  (*)NoneV6O13·8H2O (?)113624823



3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-1304427.522.525±2.5   13044    249183Boiling Over Well, Northeast Carrizo Mountains Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1304527.522.525±2.5   13045    249183Boiling Over Well, Northeast Carrizo Mountains Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-1304627.522.525±2.5   13046    249183Boiling Over Well, Northeast Carrizo Mountains Mining District, Carrizo Range, Apache Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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