Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gila Hot Springs District, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 192470
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192470.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gila Hot Springs District, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chase Creek Canyon (Chase Creek Cañon)
Clifton-Morenci Placers (Smuggler Placers)
Gila Hot Springs Group (Gila Hot Springs Claims; Pyrolusite No. 1 Lode Mining Claim; Hult Pyrolusite Property)

Latitude: 33°0'58"N
Longitude: 109°19'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.016111111111,-109.33027777778

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.

Baryte	Copper	Corundum	Epsomite	None	Not in a structural group	Rutile	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

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: Au Ba C Cu Fe H Mn N O S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Copper Corundum Epsomite None Not in a structural group Rutile Spinel Tetrahedrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Gerhardtite ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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	1	139693	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	139701	11547
Gerhardtite ()*	None	Cu₂(NO₃)(OH)₃	1	139691	24
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	139694,139696,139698,139700	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	139694	188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	139700	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	139700	14899
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	139701	3106
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	139693	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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