Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 16146
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16146.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
A & B Mining Company Workings
Anita Occurrence
Elden Mountain Area
Unnamed Cinder Pit [14]
Unnamed Cinder Pit [15]
Unnamed Cinder Pit [29]
Unnamed Cinder Pit [3]
Unnamed Cinder Pit [32]
Unnamed Cinder Pit [33]
Unnamed Cinder Pit [4]

Latitude: 35°15'41"N
Longitude: 111°37'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.261388888889,-111.6175

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.

Fluorite	None	Scacchite

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: C Cl Fe H O U

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Fluorite None Scacchite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Flagstaffite ()*	Graphite ()*	Lawrencite ()*	Uraninite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Flagstaffite ()*	None	C₁₀H₂₂O₃	0		1
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	137723	2812
Lawrencite ()*	Scacchite	FeCl₂	1	137723	30
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	137718	2718

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0056	Debris flow found at the base of the San Francisco Mountains, a few miles north of Flagstaff. Mineralization occurs in buried tree trunks.

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
	Michelle_0056	0	0	0		Age of mineralization									16146	Flagstaff, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA	Flagstaff	Guild (1920)		AM5_169	Minerals were discovered in radial cracks in buried tree stumps. Trees are estimated to be more than 500 years of age.

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