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Locality Name:
Holbrook, Holbrook Mining District, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 29123
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29123.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Holbrook, Holbrook Mining District, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Holbrook Meteorite
Pinedale Coal
Pinedale Coal Helium Operation
Unnamed U Occurrence [14]

Latitude: 34°50'36"N
Longitude: 110°13'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.843333333333,-110.22305555556

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: Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mn O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CeriteCopperCorundumCubaniteDiasporeFluoriteIronNoneSphaleriteSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Becquerelite  (*)Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)Groutite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iron  (*)Isocubanite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merrillite  (*)
Schreibersite  (*)Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O114318992
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411431863902
Copper  (*)CopperCu11431863846
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)072
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311431865433
Iron  (*)IronFe11431861089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S31143186191
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)1143186451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4114318614899
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)71143186230
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1143186374
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1143186703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11431861044
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211431892718



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