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⇱ Shiprock Group, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA

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Shiprock Group, San Juan County, New Mexico, USAi
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Shiprock GroupDeposit
San Juan CountyCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 54' 10'' North , 108° 30' 2'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Waterflow1,670 (2011)16.0km
Nenahnezad688 (2011)19.9km
Shiprock8,295 (2011)21.1km
Kirtland7,875 (2011)22.5km
Ojo Amarillo766 (2011)26.1km
Mindat Locality ID:
415276
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:415276:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Tectonics: Colorado Plateau

Deposit: Numerous small elongate lenses trending northward discovery year: 1950's

Geology: Deposit occurs in the menefee member of the mesaverde formation.

Rock formation(s): Mesaverde Formation


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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.


Mineral List


4 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Alphabetical List Tree Diagram

Entries shown in red are rocks recorded for this region.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Anatase
Formula: TiO2
ⓘ Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
ⓘ Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘ 'Monazite Group'
Formula: REE(PO4)
ⓘ Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘIlmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
ⓘAnatase4.DD.05TiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘZircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Monazite Group'-REE(PO4)

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ AnataseTiO2
Oⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
Oⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ AnataseTiO2
Tiⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
FeIron
Feⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
ZrZirconium
Zrⓘ ZirconZr(SiO4)

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