Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Planet, Santa Maria District (Planet District; Swansea District; Bill Williams District), Buckskin Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 192278
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192278.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Planet, Santa Maria District (Planet District; Swansea District; Bill Williams District), Buckskin Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mineral Hill Mine Group (Continental Mine)
Planet Mine Group (New Planet Mine Group; Great Central Mine)

Latitude: 34°14'14"N
Longitude: 113°59'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.237222222222,-113.98805555556

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	Alunite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Urea ()*

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 N Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	139993,139995	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	139995	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	139993,139995	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	139993	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	139993,139994,139995	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	139995	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	139993,139995	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	139993,139995	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	139995	2970
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	139995	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	139993,139994,139995	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	139993,139995	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	139995	770
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	139995	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	139995	128
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	139993,139994,139995	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	139995	61156
Urea ()*	None	CO(NH₂)₂	1	139994	4

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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