Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Trench And Josephine Mine Group (Josephine Mines; Trench Group Of Claims; Lunch Cans Prospect), Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 187183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trench And Josephine Mine Group (Josephine Mines; Trench Group Of Claims; Lunch Cans Prospect), Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Josephine Mine
Trench Mine

Latitude: 31°28'55"N
Longitude: 110°43'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.481944444444,-110.73111111111

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	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Mica	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Alabandite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As C Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Clay Corundum Mica None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	2	146675,146676	312
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	146674,146675	4979
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	146675	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	146675,146676	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	146675	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	146675	17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	146675	249
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	146675	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	146675	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	146675	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	146675,146676	1711
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	146675	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	146674,146675,146676	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	146675	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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