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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

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: 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: 
AcanthiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachite
MolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11471132793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114711311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114711327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2147112,1471135707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22147113,14711827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2147113,14711824243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32147113,14711814640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411471135591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114711312537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211471135800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114711339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS114711321482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2147112,1471131101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311471135317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211471132718



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