Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alto Mine Group (Alto Vein Swarm), Alto Hill, Salero Area, Tyndall District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 34266
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34266.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alto Mine Group (Alto Vein Swarm), Alto Hill, Salero Area, Tyndall District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Albert Mine (Albert Vein)
Alto Mine (Alto Vein; Gold Tree Mine; El Plomo Mine)
B. & R. Mine (B & R Mine)
Excelsior Mine (Excelsior Vein)
Hillside Mine (Hillside Vein)
Long Contact Mine
Mineral Mine (Mineral Vein)
Mineral No. 2 Vein

Latitude: 31°36'41"N
Longitude: 110°51'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.611388888889,-110.86055555556

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu H Mg O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite
Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

20 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	1	147113	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	147113	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	147113	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	147112,147113	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	147113,147118	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	147113,147118	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	147113,147118	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	147113	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	147113	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	147113	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	147113	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	147113	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	147112,147113	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	147113	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	147113	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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