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Locality Name:
Eastside Mines, Shiprock District, San Juan Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 47974
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47974.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eastside Mines, Shiprock District, San Juan Co., New Mexico, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 27
Child Localities:
Alongo Mine
BB Mine (Lewis Barton Mine)
BBB Mine (Barton & Begay Mine)
Begay No. 1 Mine
Begay No. 2 Mine
Canyon No. 1 Mine
Canyon View Mine
Carizzo No. 1 Mine
Junction Mine
King No. 2 Mine
King No. 6 Mine
King Tut Central Mine
King Tut No. 1 Mine (King Tutt No. 1 Mine)
Lone Star Mine
Lookout Point Mine
Nelson Point Mine
Oak Springs Mine
Rattlesnake No. 6 Mine
Red Wash Point Mine
Rocky Flats Mine
Rocky Flats No. 2 Mine
Rocky No. 2 Mine
Salt Canyon Mine
Sam Point Mine
Shadyside Mine
Tent Mine
Williams Point Mine

Latitude: 36°43'9"N
Longitude: 109°1'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.719166666667,-109.03194444444
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 Fe H K Na O S U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H K O U V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteDiasporeGypsumHewettiteNonePascoitePyriteStraczekite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Corvusite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hendersonite  (*)
Hewettite  (*)Metahewettite  (*)Metarossite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Pascoite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Rossite  (*)Sherwoodite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124655627770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O01184
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O2246556,24656579
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12465566890
Hendersonite  (*)HewettiteCa1.3(V5+,V4+)6O16·6H2O12465565
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O124655658
Metahewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·3H2O124655656
Metarossite  (*)NoneCaV5+2O6·2H2O124655634
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)1246556136
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O124656578
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124655639462
Rossite  (*)NoneCa(VO3)2·4H2O124655629
Sherwoodite  (*)NoneCa5.5(AlV4+V5+12O39)·28H2O2246556,24656520
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1246548628


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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