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Locality Name:
North Cave Hills, Harding Co., South Dakota, USA


mindat Locality ID: 121140
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-121140.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Cave Hills, Harding Co., South Dakota, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 28
Child Localities:
Billy Dale Group
Bone Group
Cedar Butte Claims
Cub Lode Prospect
Darky Claims
Flat Top Group
Hawk Eye No. 1
Hoop And Holler Prospect
Jack Claims
Jayhawk Group
Jim Claims
Jones Claims
L And L Claims
Lars Group
Last Chance
Last Chance Group
Lindahl
McCurdy Lease Prospect
Mink Group
Pickpocket Mine
Relf Deposits
Riley Nos. 1 & 3 Claims
Riley Pass
Riley Spring Mine
Snake Eye
Susan Becky (Old Badger No. 2)
Table Mountain Claims
Windy Claims

Latitude: 45°50'58"N
Longitude: 103°28'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.849444444444,-103.46722222222
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: Al As Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P S Si U V 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAnalcimeAutuniteFritzscheiteMeta-autuniteNatroautuniteNone

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Abernathyite  (*)Analcime  (*)Autunite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metanatroautunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Abernathyite  (*)NatroautuniteK(UO2)(AsO4)·3H2O126534916
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O2265343,2653661627
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12653631272
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612653432228
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1265343388
Metanatroautunite  (*)NoneNa(UO2)(PO4)·3H2O2265343,2653648
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1265343443
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O0129
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O1265343182


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