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Locality Name:
San Manuel Orebody, San Manuel Mine (Apex Lead & Vanadium Mining Corp Mine; Quarelli Group), San Manuel, San Manuel District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 53837
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53837.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Manuel Orebody, San Manuel Mine (Apex Lead & Vanadium Mining Corp Mine; Quarelli Group), San Manuel, San Manuel District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAtacamiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorrensiteCovellite
DiasporeEpidoteEpsomiteHalotrichiteHexahydriteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPlancheitePyriteQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteStarkeyite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Beidellite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hydrobiotite  (*)
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jurbanite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Shattuckite  (*)Siderite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Zoisite  (*)Zunyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O0470
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O085
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O0251
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O049
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O062
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Jurbanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl(SO4)(OH)·5H2O07
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O0265
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O074
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2071
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O079
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Zunyite  (*)NoneAl13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl086



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