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Locality Name:
Osborne Well, Cienega District, Buckskin Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 192272
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192272.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Osborne Well, Cienega District, Buckskin Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Arizona Pride Mine (Pride Mine)
Continental Mine
Dome City Prospect
Gibralter Mountain
Mail Pouch Prospect (Little Golden Prospect)
Mineral Hill Mines
Mineral No. 1 Prospect (Mineral King)
New Standard Mine
Sheep Mine
Vampire Mine

Latitude: 34°10'46"N
Longitude: 114°2'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.179444444444,-114.04416666667
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 C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Dioptase  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211399335509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411399415516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)113993527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22139933,13994127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11399373531
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O1139933164
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34139933,139935,139937,13994114640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22139933,13993712537


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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