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Locality Name:
White Picacho District, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 41247
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41247.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Picacho District, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Anderson Mine (Whitehall Mine)
Buckeye Claim
Hertz Pegmatite (Weatherman Pegmatite; Weatherman Mica Mine)
Little San Domingo Wash Area
San Domingo Wash
Sunset Mine (Sunset Prospect; Sunset Claims 1 - 2 & 3)
Weatherman Pegmatite
White Cloud Mine (Tamarack Group [?])

Latitude: 33°56'38"N
Longitude: 112°33'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.943888888889,-112.55666666667
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 Au B Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Cl Cu Fe H Li Mn Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleApatiteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumDescloiziteEpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileScheeliteTourmaline

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cookeite  (*)Creaseyite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Diopside  (*)Elbaite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Silver  (*)Spodumene  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211414523419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3141455,141456,1414578803
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F1141455244
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811414544286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2141448,14145227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114145227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2141454,1414563531
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)80181
Creaseyite  (*)NoneCu2Pb2Fe3+2Si5O17·6H2O114145927
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)0378
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611414524135
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1141455520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3141448,141452,1414598173
Gold  (*)CopperAu2141452,14145930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114145214640
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)1141454155
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114145212537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)0770
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)2141454,141455200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24141454,141455,141456,14145717380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2141452,141459494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114145239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23141449,141455,14145661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4141448,141451,141452,1414594894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2141455,1414572705
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O62141454,141455688
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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