Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Grants, Grants District, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.001

mindat Locality ID: 294821
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294821.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grants, Grants District, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Cedar No. 1 Mine (Section 20; Yucca)
Double Jerry Mine
Gay Eagle Mine
Grants Ridge
Homestake Mine
La Jara Mine
Last Chance Mine
Lone Pine No. 3 Mine
Red Bluff Claims (Red Bluff Group; Red Bluff #3-10; Red Bluff Nos. 3 - 5 - 7 - 8 - 9 & 10 Claims; Gay Eagle Claim; Black Hawk Claim; Bunny Claim; Christmas Day 1 And Phil Claim; UDC 5 Claim; Red Bluff Nos. 3; 5; 7-10 Mines)
Section 9 Mine (Anaconda Section Nine Mine)
Tom No. 13 Mine (Tom 13)
UDC No. 5 Mine
Zia Mine

Latitude: 35°14'59"N
Longitude: 107°47'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.249722222222,-107.79333333333

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Fluorite	Garnet	None	Topaz

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 C Ca F H Mg Mn Mo O S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Fluorite Garnet None Topaz

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Bayleyite ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Jordisite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Topaz ()*

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
Bayleyite ()*	None	Mg₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·18H₂O	1.8	0.001	1	244381	38
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1.8	0.001	1	244386	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1.8	0.001	1	244386	9617
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	1.8	0.001	1	244381	102
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1.8	0.001	1	244380	1214
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1.8	0.001	1	244380	1476

1 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-2881	1.8	0.001	0.9+0.9/-0.899					2881						294821	Grants, Grants District, Cibola Co., New Mexico, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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