Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Tortilla Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 5522
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5522.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tortilla Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Antelope District
Cottonwood District
Kelvin Area
Northern Tortilla Mountains
Ripsey District

Latitude: 32°59'20"N
Longitude: 110°55'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.988888888889,-110.9275

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Descloizite	Epidote	Fluorite	Iranite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Minium	Molybdenite	None
Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemihedrite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phoenicochroite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Vauquelinite ()*	Willemite ()*
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: Al As Au C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Descloizite Epidote Fluorite Iranite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Minium Molybdenite None
Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	146353	2734
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	146326	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	146353,146357	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	146334,146353	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	146331,146355,146360,146361	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	146326,146336,146355,146357,146361	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	146352,146361	3531
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	146336	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	146355,146360	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	146328,146353,146357	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	146326	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	146353,146359,146361	14640
Hemihedrite ()*	Iranite	ZnPb₁₀(CrO₄)₆(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	146353	14
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	146326	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	146326,146331,146352,146360,146361	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	146353	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1	146353	247
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	146336	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	146336	1508
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	146328	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	146326,146336,146351,146355,146359	17380
Phoenicochroite ()*	None	Pb₂O(CrO₄)	1	146353	35
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	146336,146353,146355,146360	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	146326,146340,146344,146353	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	146353	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	146353,146357	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	146353	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	146326	1101
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	1	146353	63
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	146353	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	146353	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R140133	Florence Mine (Florence Lead Silver Mine), Ripsey Hill Area, Ripsey District, Tortilla Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R140133

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