Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Papago District (Sierrita District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 36176
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36176.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Papago District (Sierrita District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 69
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 59

Number of Child Localities: 48
Child Localities:
Ash Creek
Big Johnny Mine (Big Johnny-Little Johnny Claims; Big Johnny Little Johnny Mines)
Black Dike Mine (Black Dike Group; Black Dike Claim; Black Dike Deposit; Black Dyke Mine; Big Dike; Bobson Group; Big Dike Apex & Ajax)
Black Silver Mine
Buzzards Roost Mine
Cabriza Mine
Cats Paw Mine
Clark Group
Coffee Cup Nos. 1-3 (Black Hawk Group)
Copper Glance Mine (Copper Grantz Mine; Copper Grantz And Johnny Mines)
Cunningham Group
El Cantavo Mine
El Conquistadors Claims
Garcia Mine
Glen Claims
Golden Rule Mine
Gunsight Mountain
Holy Mother Claims
Hopeful No. 1 Claim
Hughes Mine
Jay-Jay Claims (Jay Jay Claims)
La Fortuna Mine
Lena No. 1 - 11 Claims
Lona No. 1 And Genie No. 1 Claims (Jenny; Blue Moon; Lena)
Marble Top Mine
Mary Ann Mine
Montezuma And Margarita Mines
Papago Mine
Pascola Canyon
Pitiquito Mine
Prospect K-10
Prospect K-11
Providencia Claim
Red Streak Mine
Riley Claims
Salt Sack Mine
San Pedro Mine
Stevens Mountain
Sunrise And Sunshine Mines (Sunshine-Sunrise Group Of Claims; Sunshine Group; Malone Group)
Toltec Claims
Unnamed Asbestos Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Cu Prospect SE Of Philimena Mine
Unnamed Cu Prospect West Of Stevens Ranch
Unnamed Cu Prospects East Of Philimona Mine
Unnamed Cu-Mn Prospect
Unnamed Mn Prospect
Valdez Mine
White Hope Quarry

Latitude: 31°53'56"N
Longitude: 111°16'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.898888888889,-111.28027777778

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Tridymite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Perovskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Schorl ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Linarite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Tridymite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	4	144565,144573,144574,144575	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	144582	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	144533	1022
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	5	144519,144565,144573,144574,144575	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	144565	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	144535,144565,144573,144574,144575	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	144565	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	144519,144535,144538,144566,144574,144575	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	144573,144574,144575	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	144519,144565,144569,144570,144573	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	11	144518,144519,144538,144541,144561,144563,144564,144565,144566,144569,144571	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	4	144565,144573,144574,144575	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	144526	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4	144565,144573,144574,144575	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	144519,144582	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	144519,144534,144535,144576	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	15	144518,144519,144538,144541,144561,144563,144564,144565,144566,144569,144570,144571,144573,144574,144575	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	144517,144519,144551	30554
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	144565	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	144519,144541,144567	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	144519,144526,144561	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	144561,144563,144564	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	11	144526,144553,144554,144565,144569,144572,144573,144579,144580,144581,144582	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	144533	884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	144533	495
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	26	144518,144519,144526,144531,144538,144541,144543,144553,144554,144561,144563,144564,144565,144566,144569,144571,144572,144573,144574,144575,144578,144579,144580,144581,144582,144584	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	144519,144561	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	144531	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	144533	598
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	144570	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9	144519,144538,144565,144566,144569,144570,144573,144574,144575	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	6	144538,144565,144566,144573,144574,144575	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	144533	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	144561	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	3	144519,144531,144541	2718
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	6	144518,144519,144561,144563,144564,144571	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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