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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 27.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 22.5

mindat Locality ID: 21814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Juan Co., New Mexico, USA": 67
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 59

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Adamson Mines
Bisti Trading Post
Black Diamond Mines
Boyd Claims
Chaco Canyon
Chimney Rock
Chuska Mountains
Cottonwood Butte Mine
Farmington
Mitten Rock
Narbona Pass
Navajo Nation Reservation
Ojo Alamo
Palisades
San Juan Basin
San Juan River
Shiprock District
Shiprock
The Thumb
Unnamed Gravel Pit
Upper Canyon Mine

Latitude: 36°33'17"N
Longitude: 108°40'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.554722222222,-108.67583333333
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 Mg Na O S Si Ti U V Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmarantiteAmorphousAnalcimeBaryteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeEpsomiteFeldspar
FritzscheiteGypsumHewettiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePascoitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteStraczekiteZircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Alunogen  (*)Amarantite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)
Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Corvusite  (*)
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epsomite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hendersonite  (*)Hewettite  (*)Huntite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Metahewettite  (*)
Metarossite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pascoite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rauvite  (*)
Roscoelite  (*)Rossite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)
Sherwoodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O612465131022
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O1246516272
Amarantite  (*)AmarantiteFe3+2O(SO4)2·7H2O124657122
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12465221627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212465232162
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62246513,2465692060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3246507,246521,24652611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2246526,24655627770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O4246526,246531,246540,2465721184
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O3246526,246556,24656579
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O124652658
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62246517,2465694135
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1246510484
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12465691188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3246510,246526,2465566890
Hendersonite  (*)HewettiteCa1.3(V5+,V4+)6O16·6H2O12465565
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O124655658
Huntite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaMg3(CO3)4124652469
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312465235433
Metahewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·3H2O124655656
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O2246526,24655634
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1246526129
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12465131508
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)1246556136
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12465132994
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O2246526,24656578
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212465692273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22246556,24657139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24246510,246513,246520,24652661156
Rauvite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2V10O28·16H2O124652632
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21246526253
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O2246526,24655629
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212465235614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2246518,246569598
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O2246526,246539128
Sherwoodite  (*)NoneCa5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39)·28H2O2246556,24656520
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2246510,2465256417
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O4246515,246526,246548,246572628
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2246526,246531890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12465235251


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-1304227.522.525±2.5   13042    50545The Thumb, San Juan Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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