Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Black Mountain Mining District (Black Mesa Mining District), Apache Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 309814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Mountain Mining District (Black Mesa Mining District), Apache Co., Arizona, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Edward Steve No. 1 (Edward Steve #1)
Taasahdi Dzil

Latitude: 36°15'35"N
Longitude: 109°52'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.259722222222,-109.87361111111

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.

Hewettite	None

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 H O U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Hewettite None

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Metahewettite ()*	Rauvite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Metahewettite ()*	Hewettite	CaV⁵⁺₆O₁₆·3H₂O	19	136163,136164,136165,136167,136168,136169,136170,136171,136172,136173,136174,136175,136176,136177,136178,136179,136180,136181,136185	56
Rauvite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂V₁₀O₂₈·16H₂O	1	136173	32
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	20	136163,136164,136165,136166,136167,136168,136169,136170,136171,136172,136173,136174,136175,136176,136177,136178,136179,136180,136181,136185	628

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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