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Locality Name:
Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 310708
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310708.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo Co., Arizona, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Alfred Miles No. 1 Channel (Nokai Mesa Channel; Channel No. 1)
Alfred Miles No. 2 Channel (Channel 7)
Cecil Todechenee Channel (Channel 21; Tract 2A)
Channel No. 31 (Paleochannel No. 31)
Channel No. 5 (Paleochannel No. 5)
Checker Channel (Checker Paleochannel; Channel 16)
Road Channel (Road Paleochannel; Channel 17)
Skeleton Mesa Bentonite Deposit
Tract No. 17 (Tract 17; Tract 17-TZM)

Latitude: 36°55'45"N
Longitude: 110°27'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.929166666667,-110.46416666667
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: C Ca Cu Fe H K O P S U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural group

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22143327,1433295509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411433375516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2143327,14333027770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O4143328,143329,143330,1433311184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11433375707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114333727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11433374165
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)65143327,143330,143332,143333,1433342228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26143327,143328,143329,143330,143331,14333512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211433325674
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O3143327,143328,1433291059
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1143330628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211433372718


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