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Locality Name:
Sun Valley, Petrified Forest Mining District, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 310600
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310600.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sun Valley, Petrified Forest Mining District, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Brigham Deposit
Cabien Prospect
Curry Jones Prospect
Curry Jones Prospect (Rock Garden #25; Rarezona)
Franklin-Aston-Fair A-1 NMA Well
Franklin; Aston & Fair C-1 NMA Well
Little John & Ruth Mine (Little John Mine; Ruth Mine)
Mac No. 3 Prospect (Mac #3)
Margarite Lease
Navajo Mine
Ruth Group Of Claims (Ruth Deposit; Bayshore #3)
Sain Mine
Section 33 Lease (Bill Gill; New Mexico-Arizona Lease; Goof)
Sunrise Mine
Tract No. 1
Unnamed U Deposit [3]
Unnamed U Deposit [6]

Latitude: 34°56'26"N
Longitude: 109°54'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.940555555556,-109.90638888889
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: As C Ca Cu F H K Na O P S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteFluoriteFritzscheiteNoneQuartzZippeiteZircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Carnotite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metatyuyamunite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O7143346,143350,143351,143352,143353,143354,1433561184
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2143349,143353566
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1143353443
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1143353129
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O1143353182
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114335061156
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O1143349128
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O11433491059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO23143343,143349,1433532718
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O1143349185
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)44143343,143345,143346,143353175


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