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Locality Name:
Dripping Springs, Dripping Spring Wash, Dripping Springs District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 194205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194205.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dripping Springs, Dripping Spring Wash, Dripping Springs District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cowboy Gulch Area
Dripping Springs Mines (Dripping Springs Claims; Cocreham And Haywood Mine; Gold Nugget Mine; Gold Queen Mine; Columbia Mine; Roundtop Mine)

Latitude: 33°8'21"N
Longitude: 110°51'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.139166666667,-110.85638888889
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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteSphalerite
SpinelVesuvianite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)113814727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2113814727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11381473531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11381472970
Gold  (*)CopperAu113814530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3113814714640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4113814714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2113814712537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2113814739462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS113814721482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011381471395


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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