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Locality Name:
Craven Canyon, Edgemont Uranium District, Fall River Co., South Dakota, USA


mindat Locality ID: 122096
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122096.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Craven Canyon, Edgemont Uranium District, Fall River Co., South Dakota, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Get Me Rich Mine
Lucky Mine
Picktograph (Pictograph) Mine
Ridge Runner Mine
Road Hog Mine (Nos. 1A And 3A Mines)
Virginia C Mine (Depue Lease)

Latitude: 43°21'29"N
Longitude: 103°50'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.358055555556,-103.83583333333
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: Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P S Se Si U V 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAutuniteFritzscheiteGypsumHewettiteNonePascoiteStraczekiteSulphur

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Corvusite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hewettite  (*)
Hummerite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Metahewettite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Rauvite  (*)
Selenium  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
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)2·10-12H2O01272
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2265183,2651851184
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O6265183,265184,265188,265189,265190,26519179
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12651836890
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O126518358
Hummerite  (*)PascoiteKMgV5+5O14·8H2O4265183,265186,265190,26519121
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63265183,265188,2651912228
Metahewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·3H2O126518356
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O0129
Rauvite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2V10O28·16H2O4265183,265188,265190,26519132
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1265190143
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O0628
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1265185890


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