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Locality Name:
Kofa District, Kofa Mts (S.H. Mts), Yuma Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33516
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33516.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kofa District, Kofa Mts (S.H. Mts), Yuma Co., Arizona, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Black Dahlia Mine
Blue Bird Mine
Flora 1 And 2 Mine
Golden Eagle Placer (Old Redondo Placer)
Iron Wood Mine (Eureka-Mizpah Mine)
Kofa Game Range
Lead King Mine
Quartette Mine (Independence Mine; Perseverance Mine; Quartzite Mine)
Quartz Mine
Schullenbacker Mica Mines
Tungsten Mine Group
Unnamed Ag-Au Mine
Unnamed Au-Ag Mine
Unnamed Fluorspar-Pb Occurrence
Unnamed Pb Prospect
Verdstone Mine

Latitude: 33°16'36"N
Longitude: 113°57'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.276666666667,-113.96444444444

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Mn O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaryteBixbyiteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperDiasporeEpidoteFluorite
MicaNonePhenakitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRamsdelliteRhodoniteRocksaltRutile
Scheelite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurorite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Groutite  (*)Manganite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nsutite  (*)Opal  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Todorokite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurorite  (*)NoneMn2+Mn4+3O7·3H2O114939622
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114941011547
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O33149398,149410,149411104
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111149410843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4149390,149396,149413,14942227770
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O1149396197
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11494108173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF26149396,149400,149410,149413,149421,1494229617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114942224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu8149393,149396,149397,149404,149408,149409,149410,14941530554
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)3149398,149399,14941172
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)3149390,149398,149411770
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114940617380
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x1149399121
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11493962994
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1149396716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114941039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22149390,1493963106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22149396,14941061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11494101711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)0969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3149404,149409,1494184894
Silver  (*)CopperAg2149410,1494155186
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O3149396,149398,149411433
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41149396303



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