Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santa Catalina Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36710
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36710.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Catalina Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 125
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 103

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Alamo Spring Area
Apache Peak
Canada Del Oro District (Cañada Del Oro District)
Catalina Marble Quarry
Golden Dam Spillway
Kielberg's Iron Mountain Claim
Mica Mine
Molino Basin
Mount Lemmon Highway (General Hitchcock Highway)
Northwest Ridge
Oracle District (Control District; Old Hat District; Santa Catalina District)
Piety Peak Area
Pusch Ridge
Redington District
Tucson Area

Latitude: 32°22'58"N
Longitude: 110°51'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.382777777778,-110.86527777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Glycolate	Gypsum	Ludwigite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tourmaline	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Autunite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Lazaraskeite ()*
Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Shattuckite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 B Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Autunite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Glycolate Gypsum Ludwigite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tourmaline Wollastonite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	144172	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	144117	718
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	144198,144214	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	144101	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	144121	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	144099	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	7	144112,144150,144152,144153,144154,144167,144172	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	144149,144198,144202	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	144150,144153,144172,144198	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	14	144112,144150,144153,144154,144156,144167,144170,144172,144179,144180,144187,144198,144201,144213	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	144119,144172,144193,144201	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	144150,144172	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	15	144106,144112,144113,144129,144154,144170,144172,144180,144181,144182,144183,144184,144190,144199,144201	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	144198,144214,144220	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	144124	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	144100,144103,144104,144119,144162,144172	30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	144116	167
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	144098,144222	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	144172,144183	14640
Lazaraskeite ()*	Glycolate	Cu(C₂H₃O₃)₂	1	144194	1
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	144151	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	144107,144172	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	144172,144187,144201,144218	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4	144154,144172,144201,144211	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	144172,144190,144201,144218,144220	17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	144201	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	144153,144154,144156,144172,144187,144198,144218,144220	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	144119,144121,144202	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	8	144136,144137,144150,144153,144170,144192,144199,144201	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	1	144119	71
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	144120	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	144124	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	144201	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	144198	890
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	144199	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070764	Tucson, Oracle District (Control District; Old Hat District; Santa Catalina District), Santa Catalina Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R070764
R110123	Tucson, Oracle District (Control District; Old Hat District; Santa Catalina District), Santa Catalina Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R110123

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