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Locality Name:
Big Horn District, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 44044
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44044.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Horn District, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Aguila Vicinity
Big Horn Mountains Placers (Tiger Placers; Big Horn Placers; Davenport Placers; Sweeney Placers Borian Placers)
Big Horn Mountains Pumicite Deposit
Black Butte Uranium Corporation Claim (Black Butte Uranium Claim)
Copper Belt Mine (Tri-Metals Mine; Tri-Metals Group; Gold Belt Mine; Old Blue Belt Mine; Old Nevada Mine)
Fred Brown Placers
Jennings Prospect
Little Horn Peak
Rogers Well Barite Deposit

Latitude: 33°43'52"N
Longitude: 113°12'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.731111111111,-113.20055555556
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O S Si Ti U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteCalciteClayCopperCorundumGypsumMicaNonePlancheite
PyriteQuartzRutileSpinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114083911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114083627770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11408261184
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11408233531
Gold  (*)CopperAu114082430554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11408266890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114083314640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311408285433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1140838770
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114083317380
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O114082374
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114083339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22140836,1408383106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22140826,14083661156


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