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Locality Name:
Clip, Hidden Valley, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 46247
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46247.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clip, Hidden Valley, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Clip Mine (Silver Clip Mine; Blaine Mine; Silver Mines Consolidated Mine)
Clip Wash
Revelation Mine (Revelation No. 2 Claim)

Latitude: 33°9'5"N
Longitude: 114°36'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.151388888889,-114.6125

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: Ag Al B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Sr V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumDumortieriteFluoriteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltRutileTalc

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Dumortierite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Talc  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2140663,14066511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2140663,14066527770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11406631252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2140663,1406654979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11406631382
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O182140663,140664231
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211406639617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32140663,14066514640
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO42140663,1406641507
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114066312537
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211406633106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11406641725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22140663,14066561156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11406652473
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211406643337
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1140663605



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