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Locality Name:
Monument Valley District (Monumental District), San Juan Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 31719
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31719.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monument Valley District (Monumental District), San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Alhambra Rock Kimberlite
Copper Point Occurrence
Edward R. Osterndorff Occurrence
Goulding
Holiday Mesa
Monitor Butte
Monument No. 3 Occurrence
Nakai Channel (Nakai Canyon)
Rock Door No. 1
Skyline Road Occurrence
Taylor Reid Nos. 1 & 2
Tom Holliday Prospect
Unknown Uranium Occurrence [1]
Utah Department Of Highways Pit No. 19044

Latitude: 37°4'4"N
Longitude: 110°15'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.067777777778,-110.26583333333
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 Cu Fe H K Na O P S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAjoiteAllophaneAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumFluoriteHewettiteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupStraczekiteVolborthite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Corvusite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hewettite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Navajoite  (*)Tangeite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2276368,2763711272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23276368,276371,2763735509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412763695516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)127636927770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2276367,2763681184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2276368,2763735707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22276368,27636927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12763683531
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O2276367,27636979
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127636914640
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O127636958
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27276363,276367,276368,276371,276373,276374,27637612537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1276368443
Navajoite  (*)Ajoite(V5+,Fe3+)10O24·12H2O127636711
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)127637360
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O4276367,276368,276369,2763711059
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O9276364,276367,276368,276369,276371,276373,276374,276376,276378628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO27276364,276367,276368,276369,276371,276373,2763782718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O4276367,276368,276371,276373890
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O1276369155


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