Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Navajo Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 180
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.5

mindat Locality ID: 25723
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25723.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Navajo Co., Arizona, USA": 287
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 219

Number of Child Localities: 43
Child Localities:
Apache Iron Mining District
Apache; Ponderosa And Sam Groups
Asbestos Explorations Company Leases
Black Mesa
Bruce Gardner Claim
Buckskin Canyon
Bull Pasture Tank
Canyon Creek Uranium Deposit
Cibecue Mining District
Coal Mine Canyon
Copper Canyon
Cow Springs Mining District
Coyote Wash Deposit
First Mesa
Fort Apache Indian Reservation
George Belinte No. 1 (George Belinte # 1)
Holbrook Mining District
Hop Canyon
Hopi Buttes Mining District
Kayenta
Keams Canyon
Limestone Canyon
Long Tom Cabin No. 1 Mine (Bird Springs Wash Area)
Long Tom Canyon Gypsum Occurrence
Mineral Mining District
Monument Valley Mining District
Nakai Mesa Mining District
Navajo Volcanic Field
Petrified Forest Mining District
Pinedale
Red Mesa District
Rotten Bananas Butte
Seven Mile Canyon
Show Low
Sonny James (James Sonny [?])
Supai Salt Basin
Tolani Lake
Tsegi
Turkey Springs
Unnamed Gypsum Occurrence [5]
Unspecified Hypersthene Occurrence [1]
White Cone
Winslow Mining District

Latitude: 35°13'4"N
Longitude: 110°23'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.217777777778,-110.39

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Analcime	Autunite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Cerite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Feldspar
Fluorite	Fritzscheite	Gypsum	Hewettite	Iron	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Straczekite	Tridymite	Vivianite	Volborthite	Zippeite	Zircon

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 As Ba C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ta Th Ti U V Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al K Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Analcime Autunite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Cerite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Feldspar
Fluorite Fritzscheite Gypsum Hewettite Iron Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pectolite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Straczekite Tridymite Vivianite Volborthite Zippeite Zircon

76 IMA Minerals at location:

Aenigmatite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Augite ()*	Autunite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Becquerelite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Corvusite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Groutite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hewettite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Leucite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*
Merrillite ()*	Metahewettite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Metatyuyamunite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Montroseite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*
Pectolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rauvite ()*
Roscoelite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Santafeite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Schröckingerite ()*
Taenite ()*	Tangeite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Troilite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranopilite ()*	Voglite ()*	Volborthite ()*	Zeunerite ()*
Zippeite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]			1	143339	133
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	143233	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	143385	1588
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	143219	2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	180	180	7	143218,143226,143228,143229,143267,143269,143283	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	180	180	11	143170,143255,143257,143261,143267,143269,143270,143315,143316,143327,143329	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	180	180	1	143284	11547
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O			2	143189,143209	92
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	143337	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	143170	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	180	180	15	143255,143256,143257,143260,143261,143267,143268,143269,143299,143304,143315,143316,143327,143330,143341	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	180	180	27	143194,143196,143241,143265,143267,143269,143276,143278,143292,143309,143315,143316,143319,143322,143328,143329,143330,143331,143346,143350,143351,143352,143353,143354,143356,143362,143364	1184
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	143234	309
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	180	180	1	143267	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	180	180	4	143170,143267,143314,143337	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	143337	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	143186	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	180	180	4	143170,143267,143269,143314	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	143149,143153	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	143212	2600
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	180	180	3	143269,143349,143353	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	143186	3846
Corvusite ()*	Straczekite	(Na,Ca,K)_1-x(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺,Fe²⁺)₈O₂₀·4H₂O	180	180	2	143267,143269	79
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	143337	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	143175,143385	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			2	143196,143382	814
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			1	143190	414
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	143185	72
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			14	143160,143165,143182,143193,143196,143212,143214,143234,143249,143365,143380,143383,143395,143404	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	143385	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	180	180	22	143122,143124,143125,143126,143127,143128,143129,143130,143132,143133,143134,143137,143138,143139,143140,143142,143143,143144,143145,143147,143299,143304	14640
Hewettite ()*	Hewettite	CaV⁵⁺₆O₁₆·9H₂O	180	180	3	143267,143269,143322	58
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	143186	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	143186	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃			1	143186	191
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	180	180	19	143255,143260,143261,143262,143269,143289,143290,143299,143300,143301,143304,143313,143315,143316,143327,143330,143332,143333,143334	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	180	0.5	8	143156,143161,143168,143235,143250,143269,143393,143394	5591
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O			1	143377	198
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	143234	1271
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	180	0.5	0		233
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)			1	143186	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			4	143122,143132,143145,143186	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	180	180	22	143170,143255,143257,143260,143261,143263,143267,143269,143270,143298,143299,143301,143306,143314,143315,143316,143327,143328,143329,143330,143331,143335	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	143332	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	143212	397
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			1	143186	230
Metahewettite ()*	Hewettite	CaV⁵⁺₆O₁₆·3H₂O	180	180	1	143292	56
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	180	180	3	143267,143269,143353	443
Metatyuyamunite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	180	180	4	143261,143267,143269,143353	129
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	143353	182
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	143234	1508
Montroseite ()*	Diaspore	(V³⁺,Fe²⁺,V⁴⁺)O(OH)	180	180	1	143269	136
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	180	180	3	143122,143132,143255	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	180	0.5	0		884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	143155	2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)			1	143339	363
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	180	180	4	143265,143267,143268,143269	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	143392	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	180	180	12	143122,143129,143130,143132,143191,143192,143267,143341,143350,143360,143400,143403	61156
Rauvite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂V₁₀O₂₈·16H₂O	180	180	2	143267,143269	32
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	180	180	2	143267,143269	253
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	180	0.5	0		598
Santafeite ()*	None	(Ca,Sr,Na)₃(Mn²⁺,Fe³⁺)₂Mn⁴⁺₂(VO₄)₄(OH,O)₅·2H₂O	180	180	1	143269	5
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P			1	143186	374
Schröckingerite ()*	None	NaCa₃(UO₂)(SO₄)(CO₃)₃F·10H₂O			1	143349	128
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	143186	703
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)	180	180	1	143269	60
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	180	180	10	143260,143261,143267,143269,143315,143316,143327,143328,143329,143349	1059
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	143186	1044
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	180	180	13	143258,143261,143265,143267,143268,143269,143277,143278,143309,143315,143316,143322,143330	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	180	180	14	143189,143269,143274,143275,143277,143284,143302,143310,143320,143337,143341,143343,143349,143353	2718
Uranopilite ()*	None	(UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆·14H₂O	180	180	1	143272	94
Voglite ()*	None	Ca₂Cu(UO₂)(CO₃)₄·6H₂O			1	143373	7
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	180	180	2	143267,143269	155
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	143349	185
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	180	180	6	143267,143269,143343,143345,143346,143353	175

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000992	Uranium mineralization is hosted by the Chinle Formation in the Monument Valley district. The major deposits are particularly found within the Shinarump Member of the Chinle Formation. Uranium deposits are commonly localised at confluences and intersections of channels and/or near bends. This is interpreted to be caused by stronger currents able to cut deep scours in the basement.

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-34685	9	0.5	4+5/-3.5					34685						44144	Black Mesa Kaolinite Deposit, Black Mesa, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	Giersdorf_00000992	180	180	180										U	310569	Mineral Mining District, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA	Monument Valley Mining District	Jaireth et al. (2010)		AN97_21	Age of the initial mineralization of U in the district with several following mobilization events

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050025	Seth-La-Kainent, Bidahochi, Hopi Buttes Mining District, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/X050025

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