Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Castle Dome Mine Group, Kofa Game Range, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33298
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33298.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castle Dome Mine Group, Kofa Game Range, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Buckeye Vein Group
Cleveland-Chicago Vein Group (Northeastern Area)
Flora Temple Mine (Flora Temple Extension Mine)
Haack Mine Group
Lincoln Mine Group (Lincoln Claims; La Colorado Mine Group; Colorado Group Of Claims; La Colorada Group; Modesti Property)
Little Dome Mine (Linda Extension Mine; Little Dome Claim)

Latitude: 33°1'53"N
Longitude: 114°10'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.031388888889,-114.17111111111

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica	None
Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Massicot ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Fluorite Gypsum Mica None
Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

20 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)	7	149255,149256,149258,149260,149273,149275,149277	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	149260,149273	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	10	149258,149260,149266,149268,149269,149273,149274,149275,149276,149277	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	13	149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149266,149268,149269,149273,149274,149275,149276,149277	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	6	149256,149258,149260,149273,149275,149277	4979
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	15	149256,149257,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149266,149268,149269,149273,149274,149275,149276,149277	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	14	149256,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149266,149268,149269,149273,149274,149275,149276,149277	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	149275	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	149260	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	3	149255,149273,149275	1066
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	1	149277	202
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	6	149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149273	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	9	149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149273,149275,149276,149277	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	149273,149275	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	149259	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	149260,149275	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	149255,149273	2473
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	6	149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149273	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	2	149257,149260	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	8	149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149273,149275,149276	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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