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


mindat Locality ID: 121139
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-121139.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Cave Hills, Harding Co., South Dakota, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Blue Jay Claims
Bob Cat Claims
Boot Creek Claims
Buddy Claims
Buffalo Quad
Calamity Jane Group
Carbonate
D-2 Claims
Daisey Mae No. 6 Prospect
Dot No. 1 Prospect
Eleanor Claims
Jeffry Lynn No. 1 Prospect
Jones Creek Claims
Lonesome Pete Mine
Rattlesnake Group
Red No. 1 Prospect
Reva Quad - Deposit 7
Ruth Marie Prospect
Thyboe Prospect
Unnamed Coal - Lignite - Uranium Mine (MRDS - 10055403)
Unnamed Uranium Mine (MRDS - 10110018)
Wildcat Claims

Latitude: 45°40'1"N
Longitude: 103°25'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.666944444444,-103.41916666667

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 Ca 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: 
AluniteAnalcimeAutuniteFritzscheiteNonePyrite

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Autunite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12654241627
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12654121272
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2265415,2654291184
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612654242228
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O0129
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2126542439462
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1265429628



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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