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Locality Name:
Canyon Diablo Meteorite, Meteor Crater Area, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4620
Youngest recorded age at locality: 4480

mindat Locality ID: 3317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canyon Diablo Meteorite, Meteor Crater Area, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°1'41"N
Longitude: 111°1'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.028055555556,-111.02222222222

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 Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAuricuprideBarringeriteCalciteCorundumCristobaliteCubaniteDiamondDiasporeFeldspar
HaxoniteHydrotalciteIronMilariteNickelineNoneOlivinePerovskitePyroxeneRocksalt
RutileSapphirineScacchiteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurWurtzite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Barringerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carlsbergite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cohenite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)
Diamond  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Haxonite  (*)Hematite  (*)Iron  (*)Isocubanite  (*)Kosmochlor  (*)
Krinovite  (*)Lawrencite  (*)Lonsdaleite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Maghemite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Moissanite  (*)Nickelphosphide  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Reevesite  (*)
Richterite  (*)Roaldite  (*)Roedderite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schreibersite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Taenite  (*)Tetrataenite  (*)Trevorite  (*)
Troilite  (*)Wüstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS462044800312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)4620448008803
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe462044800166
Barringerite  (*)Barringerite(Fe,Ni)2P46204480022
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)46204480027770
Carlsbergite  (*)RocksaltCrN46204480026
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O44620448003902
Cohenite  (*)PerovskiteCFe346204480077
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2462044800453
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S4462044800157
Diamond  (*)DiamondC462044800697
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6462044800944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)4620448001188
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4620448007437
Graphite  (*)NoneC4620448002812
Haxonite  (*)Haxonite(Fe,Ni)23C646204480026
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O346204480014640
Iron  (*)IronFe4620448001089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S3462044800191
Kosmochlor  (*)PyroxeneNaCr3+Si2O646204480013
Krinovite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Mg8Cr3+4]O4[Si12O36]4620448002
Lawrencite  (*)ScacchiteFeCl246204480030
Lonsdaleite  (*)NoneC46204480013
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)462044800451
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4462044800229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O446204480014899
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC46204480057
Nickelphosphide  (*)NoneNi3P46204480019
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84620448009056
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O46204480048
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2462044800148
Roaldite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)4N4620448003
Roedderite  (*)MilariteKNaMg2(Mg3Si12)O3046204480030
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO24620448005614
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P462044800374
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS46204480021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS4620448002045
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)462044800703
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi462044800116
Trevorite  (*)SpinelNiFe3+2O446204480017
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS4620448001044
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO46204480074



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_0061Meteorite classified as IAB-MG. Fall date approximately 49 kya.


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_0061462044804550±70Pb-PbAge of meteorite      3317Canyon Diablo Meteorite, Meteor Crater Area, Coconino Co., Arizona, USACanyon Diablo MeteoritePatterson (1956)10.1016/0016-7037(56)90036-9GCA10_230Age of meteorite


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