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Locality Name:
Prospect Canyon Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 280173
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280173.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prospect Canyon Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ridenaur Mine (Ridenour Mine)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ba Br C Ca Cu H O Se U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteFritzscheiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupRocksaltVolborthite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Tangeite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Vésigniéite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211378915509
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1137891227
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2113789112537
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1137891129
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se1137891192
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)113789160
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1137891628
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)2113789146
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O1137891155


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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