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Locality Name:
Harquahala District, Harquahala Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 48469
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48469.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Harquahala District, Harquahala Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 70
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 62

Number of Child Localities: 53
Child Localities:
A-Z Gypsum Mine
Alaskan Mine (Alaskan Claim)
Arrastre Group
Big Boy Mine
Big Chief Mine (Kincannon Group)
Bimbo Claim
Blout Mine
Blue Jay Mine
Blue Tank Canyon
Bracken Marble Claims
Burro Gene Mine
Carry Nations Mine
Chrysocolla Mine
Cumberland Mine
Danish American Mine
Dreiser Prospect (Star No. 2 And No. 3; Iron Trail)
Eastern Base Of Harquahala Mountains
Edna May Mine
Esperanza Mine
Evans Gold Mine
Federal Group
Four Winds Mine Group
Gold Leaf-Rattlesnake-Rosebud Mine Group
Golden Treasurer Mine
Harqua Chief Mine (Queen Vasti Mine)
Harquahala Extension Group
Harquahala Gulch
Harquahala Gypsum (Harquahala Mountains Gypsum; Desert Mountain Gypsum)
Harquahala Mountain
Harrisburg Valley
Hercules Mine
Huthmacher Silver Prospect
Mars & Mescal Mine Group (Old Noel Mine)
Mathews Claim (Mathews Claims)
New Yorker Mine
Overshot Claim
Red Rose Mine
Robison Mines Inc. Property
Saturday Prospect
Sec. 14; T5N; R10W
Silver Clip Mine (Silver Dollar Mine)
Socorro Mine
Socorro Peak
Thompson Group
Tungsten Giant Mine Group
Unnamed Ag-Au-Pb Mine
Unnamed Ag-Cu-Au-Pb Mine
Unnamed Au-Ag Mine
Unnamed Gypsum Occurrence
White Marble Quarry (White Marble Mine; Marble Mine; Amber Mine)
Why Not-Clipper-Gold Mine Group
Yellow Flower Mine
Yuma Gold Mine

Latitude: 33°44'17"N
Longitude: 113°28'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.738055555556,-113.47583333333
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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H O P Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFluoriteGypsumMicaMinium
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Diopside  (*)Dioptase  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Minium  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3140322,140375,14038527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114036227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2140322,1403753531
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62140371,1403894135
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O0164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211403789895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22140322,1403659617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114037324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu5140322,140355,140373,140375,14037630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3140321,140338,1403566890
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41140322247
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114037917380
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)40369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23140362,140373,14037939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211403753106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23140361,140365,14037361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2140343,1403794894
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211403712562


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