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


mindat Locality ID: 58859
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58859.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alto Mine (Alto Vein; Gold Tree Mine; El Plomo Mine), Alto Mine Group (Alto Vein Swarm), Alto Hill, Salero Area, Tyndall District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°36'41"N
Longitude: 110°51'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.611388888889,-110.86083333333
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 Mo O Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMolybdenite
NonePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)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  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718


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