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:
Hopi Buttes Mining District, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 277638
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277638.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hopi Buttes Mining District, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bidahochi
Dilkon
Hopi Mesas
Indian Wells
Roanhorse Diatreme

Latitude: 35°24'47"N
Longitude: 110°5'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.413055555556,-110.08333333333

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.

Analcime	Autunite	Clay	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Autunite Clay Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Augite ()*	Autunite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Celadonite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	143233	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	143219	2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	4	143218,143226,143228,143229	1272
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	143241	1184
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	143234	309
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	143234	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	143235	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	143234	1271
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	143234	1508

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
X050025	Seth-La-Kainent, Bidahochi, Hopi Buttes Mining District, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/X050025

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