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Locality Name:
Scenic, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA


mindat Locality ID: 27340
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27340.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scenic, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bear Creek Basin
Brule Formation
Chadron Formation
Corral Draw
Hart Table
Indian Creek Basin (Scenic Occurrence)
Indian Creek Mine
Scenic South Area (2)
Scenic West Area
Sheep Mountain Road
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 43°45'27"N
Longitude: 102°36'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.7575,-102.60972222222
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: Ba Ca F Fe H K Mo O P S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteBaryteFritzscheiteMolybdeniteNoneQuartzSulphur

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Carnotite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Iriginite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Metauranocircite-I  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3266197,266198,26620011547
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2266201,2662041184
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O2266201,266202345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12662002740
Iriginite  (*)None(UO2)Mo6+2O7·3H2O126620015
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612662022228
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1266206129
Metauranocircite-I  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O126620038
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212662015800
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2266196,2662032994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27266196,266197,266198,266200,266204,266205,26620661156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12662022045


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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