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Locality Name:
Sunset Crater (Sunset Peak), San Franciscan Volcanic Field (San Francisco Peaks; San Francisco Mts), Coconino Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 55669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sunset Crater (Sunset Peak), San Franciscan Volcanic Field (San Francisco Peaks; San Francisco Mts), Coconino Co., Arizona, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Fumerole 3
Ice Caves
Unnamed Cinder Pit [55]
Unnamed Cinder Pit [57]

Latitude: 35°22'3"N
Longitude: 111°31'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.3675,-111.52111111111
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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAluniteAmorphousBaryteCalciteCorundumFluoriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichite
HexahydriteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyrochlorePyroxeneSpinelSulphurVoltaite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Alum-(K)  (*)Alum-(Na)  (*)Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Diopside  (*)Ferrohexahydrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Opal  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Thénardite  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O092
Alum-(Na)  (*)AlumNaAl(SO4)2·12H2O012
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O0272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11379251252
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Ferrohexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteFe2+(SO4)·6H2O021
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211379259617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydrokenoralstonite  (*)Pyrochlore   2Al2F6(H2O)056
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O0265
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)30341
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1137926299
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O0111


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050446Sunset Crater (Sunset Peak), San Franciscan Volcanic Field (San Francisco Peaks; San Francisco Mts), Coconino Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050446

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