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Locality Name:
Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.001

mindat Locality ID: 21846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21846.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA": 87
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 76

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Acoma
Cerro Del Oro
East Grants Ridge
El Malpais National Monument
Grants District
Ice Caves
Laguna District
Marmon Ranch
Mesa Gigante
Mount Taylor Region
New Laguna
Old Laguna
Paguate
Paguate (2)
Zuni Mts

Latitude: 35°0'56"N
Longitude: 107°34'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.015555555556,-107.57944444444
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAnalcimeAragoniteAutuniteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteEpsomiteFeldsparFillowiteFluorite
FritzscheiteGarnetGraftoniteGypsumHewettiteJohanniteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMeta-autunite
MicaNatroautuniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphuranylitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRamsdellite
RocksaltSchoepiteSincositeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStraczekiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopaz
TridymiteWollastoniteWurtziteZippeiteZircon

100 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Barnesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayleyite  (*)
Becquerelite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beusite  (*)Burkeite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chernikovite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Copper  (*)Corvusite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Doloresite  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Galileiite  (*)Gold  (*)
Goldmanite  (*)Graftonite  (*)Grantsite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Häggite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hewettite  (*)Nováčekite-I  (*)Ice  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Johannite  (*)Johnsomervilleite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Leucite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metahewettite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mirabilite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Paramontroseite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Sabugalite  (*)Saléeite  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Sarcopside  (*)Schoepite  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Silver  (*)Sincosite  (*)
Sklodowskite  (*)Soddyite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Troilite  (*)Trona  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Uranopilite  (*)Weeksite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2244367,2444138803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)315533244368,244392,2444081534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)3244368,244369,2444131036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2600.0012244397,2444193250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612443682060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O15533244392,244397,2444101272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212444275509
Barnesite  (*)HewettiteNa2V5+6O16·3H2O124437515
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2600.0018244375,244392,244397,244402,244410,244424,244444,24444711547
Bayleyite  (*)NoneMg2(UO2)(CO3)3·18H2O1.80.001124438138
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O15534244392,244397,244410,24441792
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812443684286
Beusite  (*)GraftoniteMn2+Mn2+2(PO4)2124442839
Burkeite  (*)NoneNa4(SO4)(CO3)124436947
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2600.0019244369,244386,244392,244393,244395,244397,244402,244405,24441927770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O15535244375,244392,244395,244397,2444021184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2244419,2444265707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226034244392,244397,244410,24441927198
Chernikovite  (*)Natroautunite(H3O)(UO2)(PO4)·3H2O15533244397,244399,24441021
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412444283902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2602602244419,2444443531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS15533244392,244397,244410966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O15538244375,244397,244401,244402,244403,244406,244409,244410566
Copper  (*)CopperCu26026012444193846
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O1151102244392,24439779
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS26033244397,244410,2444194165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO22244368,244369453
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O15533244392,244397,24441058
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)215533244392,244393,2443979895
Doloresite  (*)NoneV4+3O4(OH)4124437523
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1244369484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22600.00129244375,244386,244419,244420,244421,244422,244423,244424,244429,244430,244431,244432,244433,244434,244435,244436,244437,244438,244439,244440,244442,244444,244445,244447,244448,244449,244450,244451,2444529617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2600.0016244375,244392,244397,244402,244410,24441924243
Galileiite  (*)FillowiteNaFe2+4(PO4)312444285
Gold  (*)CopperAu2600.001124441930554
Goldmanite  (*)GarnetCa3V3+2(SiO4)315533244392,244402,24440531
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)21244428107
Grantsite  (*)Hewettite(Na,Ca)2+x(V5+,V4+)6O16·4H2O12443757
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)315532244392,2444081544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2600.0013244369,244397,2444196890
Häggite  (*)NoneV3+V4+O2(OH)3124437517
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32600.0014244368,244375,244404,24441914640
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O124437558
Nováčekite-I  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O15532244392,24441055
Ice  (*)Amorphous TridymiteH2O2244369,24439159
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)615532244392,2444102228
Johannite  (*)JohanniteCu(UO2)2(SO4)2(OH)2·8H2O1553124441069
Johnsomervilleite  (*)FillowiteNa3CaFe2+11(PO4)9124442811
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS21.80.0011244381102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41151102244397,2444125591
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)1244413233
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42600.0013244392,244413,24441914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22602603244427,244441,24444412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22600.0014244375,244392,244410,2444195674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O15533244392,244397,244410388
Metahewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·3H2O124437556
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O15533244392,244397,244410443
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O15533244392,244397,244402129
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)155312444054924
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O1244369223
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O15532244392,2444101508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22600.001124441917380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1244413884
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O155312444102994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12444132349
Paramontroseite  (*)RamsdelliteVO21151103244375,244392,24439739
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212443692273
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O1151102244392,244397182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22600.0019244375,244392,244393,244397,244402,244403,244406,244410,24441939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S815532244402,2444049056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2155312244368,244369,244392,244405,244410,244413,244414,244415,244419,244427,244428,24444161156
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215532244392,244402253
Sabugalite  (*)NoneHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O15532244392,24441087
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10115110124439295
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2244411,244413598
Sarcopside  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2124442858
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)61151102244392,24439794
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O1244390128
Silver  (*)CopperAg2600.00112444195186
Sincosite  (*)SincositeCa(VO)2(PO4)2·4H2O1151102244392,24439710
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O1151102244392,24439756
Soddyite  (*)None(UO2)2(SiO4)(H2O)21151102244392,24439744
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31.80.0012244368,2443801214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1151102244392,24439721482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42244370,2444111934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1326026012444195317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1244369299
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1.80.00112443714899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21.80.0012244368,2443801476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O15532244392,2444101059
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12444281044
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O1244369129
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O15535244375,244392,244393,244397,244402628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO215538244375,244392,244393,244397,244402,244403,244406,2444102718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O15534244375,244392,244397,244409890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O15532244392,24441094
Weeksite  (*)None(K)2(UO2)2(Si5O13)·4H2O1151102244392,24439742
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311511012443921247
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS15533244392,244397,244410372
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)415532244392,244410175


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000701The Jackpile-Paguate mine is a uranium prospect which pulls its material from the Morrisson formation, particularly the Jackpile member of the formation from which it derives its name. The uranium resources are primarily found in lenticular pockets in the host sandstone of the Jackpile Member.
Giersdorf_00000702The Grants Uranium Mining District is a large area of economically attractive uranium deposits which are derived from the Morrison formation and the Todilto Limestone formation.
Giersdorf_00000703The Grants Uranium Mining District is a large area of economically attractive uranium deposits which are derived from the Morrison formation and the Todilto Limestone formation.
Giersdorf_00000704The Grants Uranium Mining District is a large area of economically attractive uranium deposits which are derived from the Morrison formation and the Todilto Limestone formation.
Giersdorf_00000705The Grants Uranium Mining District is a large area of economically attractive uranium deposits which are derived from the Morrison formation and the Todilto Limestone formation.
Giersdorf_00000706The Grants Uranium Mining District is a large area of economically attractive uranium deposits which are derived from the Morrison formation and the Todilto Limestone formation.
Giersdorf_00000707The Grants Uranium Mining District is a large area of economically attractive uranium deposits which are derived from the Morrison formation and the Todilto Limestone formation.
Giersdorf_00000708The Grants Uranium Mining District is a large area of economically attractive uranium deposits which are derived from the Morrison formation and the Todilto Limestone formation.


11 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-28811.80.0010.9+0.9/-0.899   2881    294821Grants, Grants District, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
Giersdorf_00000701115110115-110U-Pb      U33622Jackpile Mine (Jackpile-Paguate), Laguna District, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USAJackpile-Paguate MineMcLemore (2011)10.1.1.688.1172TMG48_23Age of uranium mineralization in the Jackpile Member of the Morrisson Formation
NAVDAT-218081.380.0010.685+0.695/-0.684   21808    242585Carnation-Columbine Group, Zuni Mountains District, Zuni Mts, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
sedcu-00713260260Permian       Cu34624Mirabal Mine (Mirabel Mine), Salitre Mesa, Zuni Mountains District, Zuni Mts, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USAMirabalCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
Giersdorf_00000702155150155-150U-Pb    Yes U22034Grants District, McKinley Co., New Mexico, USAGrants Uranium Mining DistrictMcLemore (2011)10.1.1.688.1172TMG48_23Age of the uranium mineralization in the Todilto limestone associated with the Morrison formation.
Giersdorf_00000703148130148-130U-Pb    Yes U22034Grants District, McKinley Co., New Mexico, USAGrants Uranium Mining DistrictMcLemore (2011)10.1.1.688.1172TMG48_23Age of uranium mineralization in the Westwater Canyon Member of the Morrisson Formation
Giersdorf_00000704130115130-115U-Pb    Yes U22034Grants District, McKinley Co., New Mexico, USAGrants Uranium Mining DistrictMcLemore (2011)10.1.1.688.1172TMG48_23Estimated age of the Uranium mineralization in the Brushy Basin Member of the Morrison Formation
Giersdorf_00000705130115130-115U-Pb    Yes U22034Grants District, McKinley Co., New Mexico, USAGrants Uranium Mining DistrictMcLemore (2011)10.1.1.688.1172TMG48_23Estimated age of the Uranium mineralization in the Poison Canyon Member of the Morrison Formation
Giersdorf_0000070610680106-80U-Pb    Yes U22034Grants District, McKinley Co., New Mexico, USAGrants Uranium Mining DistrictMcLemore (2011)10.1.1.688.1172TMG48_23Age of a redistribution event affecting the Dakota, Brushy Basin, and Westwater Canyon Members of the Morrison Formation
Giersdorf_0000070712312-3U-Pb    Yes U22034Grants District, McKinley Co., New Mexico, USAGrants Uranium Mining DistrictMcLemore (2011)10.1.1.688.1172TMG48_23Age of a redistribution event affecting the Dakota, Brushy Basin, and Westwater Canyon Members of the Morrison Formation
Giersdorf_00000708737-3U-Pb    Yes U22034Grants District, McKinley Co., New Mexico, USAGrants Uranium Mining DistrictMcLemore (2011)10.1.1.688.1172TMG48_23Age of a secondary depositional event in the Todilto Limestone

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