Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Mica	None
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcophanite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hollandite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*

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:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Mica None
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile

15 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)	1	149451	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	149452	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	149451	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	149450,149451,149452	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	149451	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	149452	197
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	149451	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	2	149450,149452	243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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