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Locality Name:
White Mesa Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 180
Youngest recorded age at locality: 180

mindat Locality ID: 41243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Mesa Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Lees Ferry Area
Paria River
White Mesa

Latitude: 36°51'30"N
Longitude: 111°33'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.858333333333,-111.56638888889

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 Au C Cu H Hg Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBlöditeCopperMalachiteNone

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Blödite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mercury  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O1801801137989130
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S18018011379905707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O18018011379903531
Gold  (*)CopperAu180180113798930554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2180180012537
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1801801137989397



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
sedcu-00703180180Jurassic       Cu41243White Mesa Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USAWhite Mesa districtCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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