Petrified Forest, Petrified Forest Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
---|---|
Petrified Forest | Forest |
Petrified Forest Mining District | - not defined - |
Navajo County | County |
Arizona | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude:
35° North , 110° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~208km
Type:
Mindat Locality ID:
52633
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:52633:4
GUID (UUID V4):
ef0043af-590f-4977-aed9-b3dcb800bdc0
A petrified wood occurrence near Holbrook. Much of the petrified forest area is on National Park land.
These petrified logs date from the Chinle-formation, Upper-Triassic, 225 million years ago. Most of them are the extinct species Araucarioxylon arizonicum (the state-fossil of Arizona).
NOTE: Collecting on National Park land is strictly prohibited.
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3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 References: |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 References: |
ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 References: |
ⓘ Uraninite Formula: UO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | Uraninite | 4.DL.05 | UO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
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C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
U | Uranium | |
U | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Baca BasinBasin
- Black Mesa BasinBasin
- Great Plains DomainDomain
- Holbrook BasinBasin
USA
- Arizona & Utah
- Apache; Navajo and San Juan Cos.
- Colorado Plateau
- Apache; Navajo and San Juan Cos.
- Colorado PlateauPlateau
- ⭔Navajo Nation Indian ReservationReservation
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