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Locality Name:
Canyon Diablo Meteorite, Meteor Crater Area, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 4620
Youngest recorded age at locality: 4480

mindat Locality ID: 3317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canyon Diablo Meteorite, Meteor Crater Area, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°1'41"N
Longitude: 111°1'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.028055555556,-111.02222222222

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.

Amphibole	Auricupride	Barringerite	Calcite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Cubanite	Diamond	Diaspore	Feldspar
Haxonite	Hydrotalcite	Iron	Milarite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sapphirine	Scacchite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Wurtzite

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Barringerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carlsbergite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cohenite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Diamond ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Haxonite ()*	Hematite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Kosmochlor ()*
Krinovite ()*	Lawrencite ()*	Lonsdaleite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Maghemite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Moissanite ()*	Nickelphosphide ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Reevesite ()*
Richterite ()*	Roaldite ()*	Roedderite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Trevorite ()*
Troilite ()*	Wüstite ()*

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 Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Auricupride Barringerite Calcite Corundum Cristobalite Cubanite Diamond Diaspore Feldspar
Haxonite Hydrotalcite Iron Milarite Nickeline None Olivine Perovskite Pyroxene Rocksalt
Rutile Sapphirine Scacchite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Wurtzite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	4620	4480	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4620	4480	8803
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	4620	4480	166
Barringerite ()*	Barringerite	(Fe,Ni)₂P	4620	4480	22
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4620	4480	27770
Carlsbergite ()*	Rocksalt	CrN	4620	4480	26
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	4620	4480	3902
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	4620	4480	77
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	4620	4480	453
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	4620	4480	157
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	4620	4480	697
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	4620	4480	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	4620	4480	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4620	4480	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	4620	4480	2812
Haxonite ()*	Haxonite	(Fe,Ni)₂₃C₆	4620	4480	26
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4620	4480	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	4620	4480	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	4620	4480	191
Kosmochlor ()*	Pyroxene	NaCr³⁺Si₂O₆	4620	4480	13
Krinovite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Mg₈Cr³⁺₄]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	4620	4480	2
Lawrencite ()*	Scacchite	FeCl₂	4620	4480	30
Lonsdaleite ()*	None	C	4620	4480	13
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	4620	4480	451
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	4620	4480	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4620	4480	14899
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC	4620	4480	57
Nickelphosphide ()*	None	Ni₃P	4620	4480	19
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4620	4480	9056
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	4620	4480	48
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	4620	4480	148
Roaldite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₄N	4620	4480	3
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	4620	4480	30
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4620	4480	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	4620	4480	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4620	4480	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	4620	4480	2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	4620	4480	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	4620	4480	116
Trevorite ()*	Spinel	NiFe³⁺₂O₄	4620	4480	17
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	4620	4480	1044
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	4620	4480	74

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0061	Meteorite classified as IAB-MG. Fall date approximately 49 kya.

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_0061	4620	4480	4550±70	Pb-Pb	Age of meteorite									3317	Canyon Diablo Meteorite, Meteor Crater Area, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA	Canyon Diablo Meteorite	Patterson (1956)	10.1016/0016-7037(56)90036-9	GCA10_230	Age of meteorite

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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