Fort Defiance area, McKinley Co., New Mexico, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Fort Defiance area | - not defined - |
| McKinley Co. | County |
| New Mexico | State |
| USA | Country |
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Defiance | 3,624 (2011) | 3.7km |
| Window Rock | 2,712 (2012) | 7.5km |
| Tse Bonito | 299 (2011) | 10.0km |
| Saint Michaels | 1,443 (2011) | 12.5km |
| Navajo | 1,645 (2011) | 17.1km |
East of Fort Defiance, Arizona.
Regions containing this locality
| North America Plate | Tectonic Plate |
| Colorado Plateau, USA | Plateau |
| Navajo Nation Indian Reservation, USA | Reservation |
| Hopi-Navajo Indian Reservations, Colorado Plateau, Apache & Navajo Cos., Arizona, USA |
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed. |
| β Quartz var: Amethyst Formula: SiO2 Reference: Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed. |
| β Spinel Formula: MgAl2O4 Reference: Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed. |
| β Topaz Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 Reference: Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed. |
| β 'Tourmaline' Formula: A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z Reference: Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed. |
| β Zircon Formula: Zr(SiO4) Reference: Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed. |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | var: Amethyst | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | Spinel | 4.BB.05 | MgAl2O4 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| β | Topaz | 9.AF.35 | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
| β | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| β | 'Tourmaline' | - | A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
| Group 7 - MULTIPLE OXIDES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| AB2X4 | |||
| β | Spinel | 7.2.1.1 | MgAl2O4 |
| Group 51 - NESOSILICATES Insular SiO4 Groups Only | |||
| Insular SiO4 Groups Only with cations in >[6] coordination | |||
| β | Zircon | 51.5.2.1 | Zr(SiO4) |
| Group 52 - NESOSILICATES Insular SiO4 Groups and O,OH,F,H2O | |||
| Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O with cations in [6] coordination only | |||
| β | Topaz | 52.3.1.1 | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
| Group 75 - TECTOSILICATES Si Tetrahedral Frameworks | |||
| Si Tetrahedral Frameworks - SiO2 with [4] coordinated Si | |||
| β | Quartz | 75.1.3.1 | SiO2 |
| Unclassified Minerals, Mixtures, etc. | |||
| β | var: Amethyst | - | SiO2 |
| β | 'Tourmaline' | - | A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Topaz | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
| B | Boron | |
| B | β Tourmaline | A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Quartz (var: Amethyst) | SiO2 |
| O | β Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
| O | β Topaz | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
| O | β Tourmaline | A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| O | β Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | β Topaz | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | β Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | β Spinel | MgAl2O4 |
| Al | β Topaz | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Quartz (var: Amethyst) | SiO2 |
| Si | β Topaz | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
| Si | β Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Zr | Zirconium | |
| Zr | β Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Early Jurassic - Late Triassic 174.1 - 237 Ma ID: 3185972 | Mesozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Mesozoic (174.1 - 237 Ma) Lithology: Sandstone-conglomerate Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
| Triassic 201.3 - 251.902 Ma ID: 2794641 | Triassic rocks, undivided Age: Triassic (201.3 - 251.902 Ma) Description: Continental red beds. Comments: Original map source: Green, G.N., Jones, G.E., and Anderson, O.J., 1997, The Digital Geologic Map of New Mexico in ARC/INFO Format: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-0052, 9 p., scale 1:500,000. Lithology: Major:{sandstone,shale} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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