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Locality Name:
Slim Buttes, Harding Co., South Dakota, USA


mindat Locality ID: 20089
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20089.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slim Buttes, Harding Co., South Dakota, USA": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 36
Child Localities:
Canyon Group
Cap Claims
Cattail Claims
Cedar Canyon - Sample No. 1 Occurrence
Cedar Canyon - Sample No. 2 Occurrence
Cedar Canyon - Sample No. 3 Occurrence (87613)
Cedar Canyon - Sample No. 4 Occurrence (87612)
Cedar Canyon - Sample No. 5 Occurrence
Cedar Canyon - Sample No. 6 Occurrence
Cedar Canyon - Sample No. 7 Occurrence
Cedar Canyon - Sample No. 8 Occurrence
Cedar Canyon - Sample No. 9 Occurrence
Cedar Canyon - Thybo Spring Occurrence
Cedar Canyon - Thybo Well Occurrence
Cedar Canyon Occurrence
Crazy Claims
Divide Claims
Finger Buttes Group
Flat Top Butte Prospect
Hilltop Mine
Hinds Claims
Lucky Strike Claims
Marie Claim
Moonshine
National Park Nos. 1-16 Claims
Quad Claims
Ruth Lode Prospect
State Lease Prospect
Trio No. 4 Claim
Unnamed Uranium Mine (MRDS - 10055415)
Unnamed Uranium Mine (MRDS - 10055416)
Unnamed Uranium Mine (MRDS - 10055417)
Unnamed Uranium Mine (MRDS - 10055418)
Unnamed Uranium Mine (MRDS - 10110019)
Unnamed Uranium Mine (MRDS - 10110020)
Unnamed Uranium Mine (MRDS - 10110021)

Latitude: 45°22'10"N
Longitude: 103°6'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.369444444444,-103.11166666667
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: As Ba Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si U V Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca Cu F H Mg O P Si U V Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAutuniteFluoriteFritzscheiteGypsumNatroautuniteNoneZircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Abernathyite  (*)Autunite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Metanatroautunite  (*)Metanováčekite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Metauranocircite-I  (*)
Metazeunerite  (*)Saléeite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Zircon  (*)
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)·3H2O126539316
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O8265377,265378,265379,265380,265381,265382,265383,2653881184
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12653936890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612653932228
Metanatroautunite  (*)NoneNa(UO2)(PO4)·3H2O12654028
Metanováčekite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O026
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O0129
Metauranocircite-I  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O126539338
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O0182
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10095
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212653922718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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