Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Allophane	Blödite	Copper	Malachite	None

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:
Allophane Blödite Copper Malachite None

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Blödite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*
Mercury ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	180	180	1	137989	130
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	180	180	1	137990	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	180	180	1	137990	3531
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	180	180	1	137989	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	180	180	0		12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	180	180	1	137989	397

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00703	180	180	Jurassic										Cu	41243	White Mesa Mining District, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA	White Mesa district	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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