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Locality Name:
Sheep Tanks Mine (Sheep Tank Mine; Resolution Group), Kofa Game Range, Sheep Tanks District, Little Horn Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33786
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33786.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sheep Tanks Mine (Sheep Tank Mine; Resolution Group), Kofa Game Range, Sheep Tanks District, Little Horn Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Booth Bonanza Deposit
Resolution Claim (Resolution No. 1 Claim)
Vein B

Latitude: 33°22'25"N
Longitude: 113°45'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.373611111111,-113.75583333333
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: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Cu Fe H K Mn O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCopperCoronaditeCorundumMicaNone
QuartzRocksaltRutile

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hollandite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11494512734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11494523250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114945111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3149450,149451,14945227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11494514979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O1149452197
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114945124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O162149450,149452243
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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