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Locality Name:
Goulding, Monument Valley District (Monumental District), San Juan Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 31464
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31464.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goulding, Monument Valley District (Monumental District), San Juan Co., Utah, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Oljeto Mesa

Latitude: 37°1'10"N
Longitude: 110°14'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.019444444444,-110.23777777778
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AjoiteAllophaneAutuniteChalcopyriteFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupStraczekite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Corvusite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Navajoite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12763681272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212763685509
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2276367,2763681184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12763685707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2127636827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12763683531
Corvusite  (*)Straczekite(Na,Ca,K)1-x(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20·4H2O127636779
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22276367,27636812537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1276368443
Navajoite  (*)Ajoite(V5+,Fe3+)10O24·12H2O127636711
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O2276367,2763681059
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O2276367,276368628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22276367,2763682718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2276367,276368890


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