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Locality Name:
Mammoth Mine (Quinn Creek Mine; Valentine Mine), Presidio Co., Texas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26

mindat Locality ID: 42436
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42436.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mammoth Mine (Quinn Creek Mine; Valentine Mine), Presidio Co., Texas, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°26'49"N
Longitude: 104°48'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.446944444444,-104.80444444444

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 P Si U V 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAutuniteCalciteDiasporeFluoriteNoneQuartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Goethite  (*)Haiweeite  (*)
Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Weeksite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O382601272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3826027770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O382601184
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)382607437
Haiweeite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(Si5O12)(OH)2·6H2O3826015
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O382602994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23826061156
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2382602718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O38260890
Weeksite  (*)None(K)2(UO2)2(Si5O13)·4H2O3826042



1 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-4700382637.2+0.8/-11.2   4700    42436Mammoth Mine (Quinn Creek Mine; Valentine Mine), Presidio Co., Texas, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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