Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 31982
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31982.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gunsight Mountain, Papago District (Sierrita District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gunsight Mountain Mine (Flo-Ber Mine)
Neptune Mine (Neptune Property; Fluorine Mine; Fluxore Mine; Turtle Green Mine; Turtle Spar Mine; Turtle Star Mine; Cardiella Mine)

Latitude: 31°56'18"N
Longitude: 111°13'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.938333333333,-111.22805555556

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Titanite	Tridymite

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 Ba C Ca F Fe K Na O S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Feldspar Fluorite None Perovskite Pyroxene Titanite Tridymite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Perovskite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	0		1022
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	144535	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	144535	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	144534,144535	9617
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	0		884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	0		495
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		598
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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