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Locality Name:
White Ash Peak, Lukachukai Mining District, Lukachukai Mts, Apache Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 310023
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310023.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Ash Peak, Lukachukai Mining District, Lukachukai Mts, Apache Co., Arizona, USA": 56
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 49
Child Localities:
1212 Mine (Mesa IV ¼ Mine; Mesa 4¼ Mine)
4b Mine
Billy Topaha Mine (Topaha)
Black No. 2 East Mine (Bare Rock Mesa Mine)
Cato No. 2 Mine
Cisco Mine (Cisco No. 1 Mine)
Flag No. 1 Mine (Black No. 1 Mine)
Flag No. 2 Mine
Frank Jr. Mine
Frank No. 182 Mine
Frank No. 709 Mine
Hall Mine (Thirsty Mesa; Tom Nakai Chee)
Jimmie King No. 9 Mine
Joleo Mine
Knife Edge Mesa Mine
Mesa 1 Mines 10-15
Mesa 1½ West Mine
Mesa 1¼ Mine
Mesa 1¾ Incline (Mesa 1¾ Mine)
Mesa 2 Pit (Mesa 2 Mine)
Mesa 2½ Mine (Mesa II½ Mine)
Mesa 2¼ Mine (Mesa II¼ Mine)
Mesa 3 Mine (Mesa III Mine)
Mesa 3 Northwest Mine
Mesa 3 West Mine (Mesa III Northwest Mine)
Mesa 5 Adit
Mesa 5 Incline
Mesa 5 Mine (Mesa No. 5 Mine; Mesa V Mine)
Mesa 6 Mine (Mesa VI Mine; Mesa No. 6 Mine)
Mesa 7 Mine (Frank Bluehorse Mine)
Mesa II Nos. 1 & 2 Mines; P-21
Mesa II; Mine 4
Mesa II½; Mine 4 (Mesa 2½; Mine 4)
Mesa IV ¼ Mine (Mesa 4¼ Mine)
Mesa IV Mine No. 1
Mesa No. 1 Mine
Mesa No. 1½ Mine (Mesa 1½; Mesa 1½ Mine)
Mine No. 1 Mesa 4
Mine No. 1; P-150
Mine No. 2 Mesa 4 (Mesa IV Mine No. 2)
Mine No. 2; P-150
Mine No. 3 Mesa 4 (Mesa IV Mine No. 3)
Nakai Chee Begay Mine
North Portal Frank No. 1 Mine
South Portal Frank No. 1 Mine
Step Mesa Mine
Tommy James Mines (Fall Down Mesa; T.J. #9)
Unnamed U Deposit [7]
West Mine Mesa 4 (Mesa IV West Mine; Mesa 4 West Mine)

Latitude: 36°31'5"N
Longitude: 109°15'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.518055555556,-109.25055555556

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: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg O S U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCorundumDiasporeFluoriteFritzscheiteGypsumMarcasiteNonePascoite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hummerite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanovanadite  (*)Metarossite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)
Pascoite  (*)Pintadoite  (*)Rossite  (*)Sherwoodite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)113637827770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O43136377,136379,136380,136381,136382,136383,136384,136385,136388,136389,136390,136391,136393,136394,136395,136396,136397,136398,136399,136400,136401,136402,136403,136404,136405,136406,136407,136408,136409,136410,136413,136414,136420,136421,136423,136424,136425,136426,136427,136428,136429,136430,1364321184
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11363787437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4136385,136407,136408,1364096890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3113637814640
Hummerite  (*)PascoiteKMgV5+5O14·8H2O2136378,13641921
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211364195674
Melanovanadite  (*)NoneCa(V5+,V4+)4O10·5H2O3136378,136409,13641920
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O113637834
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2136378,136419129
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O4136378,136409,136410,13641978
Pintadoite  (*)NoneCa2V5+2O7·9H2O2136409,13641011
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O2136378,13641929
Sherwoodite  (*)NoneCa5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39)·28H2O113639020
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O46136377,136378,136379,136380,136381,136382,136383,136384,136385,136386,136387,136388,136389,136390,136391,136393,136394,136395,136396,136397,136398,136399,136400,136401,136402,136403,136404,136405,136406,136407,136408,136409,136410,136413,136414,136419,136420,136421,136423,136425,136426,136427,136428,136429,136430,136432628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO23136378,136400,1364012718



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