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Locality Name:
Shiprock District, San Juan Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 21774
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21774.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shiprock District, San Juan Co., New Mexico, USA": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chuska
Eastside Mines

Latitude: 36°33'58"N
Longitude: 109°1'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.566111111111,-109.01694444444
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Cu H K O S Si U V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteDiasporeFritzscheiteGypsumHewettiteMicaNonePascoitePyrite
QuartzStraczekite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Corvusite  (*)Cuprosklodowskite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hendersonite  (*)Hewettite  (*)Metahewettite  (*)Metarossite  (*)
Metatyuyamunite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Pascoite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rauvite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Rossite  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Sherwoodite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124655627770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2246531,2465401184
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O2246556,24656579
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O058
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12465566890
Hendersonite  (*)HewettiteCa1.3(V5+,V4+)6O16·6H2O12465565
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O124655658
Metahewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·3H2O124655656
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O124655634
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O0129
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)1246556136
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O124656578
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124655639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rauvite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2V10O28·16H2O032
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)20253
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O124655629
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O1246539128
Sherwoodite  (*)NoneCa5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39)·28H2O2246556,24656520
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1246548628
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1246531890


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