Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 310471
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310471.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Skeleton Mesa

Latitude: 36°55'45"N
Longitude: 110°27'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.929166666667,-110.46416666667

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.

Alunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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: C Ca Cu Fe H K O P S U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Fluorite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	143327,143329	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	143337	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	143327,143330	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	4	143328,143329,143330,143331	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	143337	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	143337	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	143337	4165
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	5	143327,143330,143332,143333,143334	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	143327,143328,143329,143330,143331,143335	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	143332	5674
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	3	143327,143328,143329	1059
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	1	143330	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	143337	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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