Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bell Butte Area, Mineral Mountain District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 206857
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206857.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bell Butte Area, Mineral Mountain District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Ajax Mine
Blue Crystal Claims
Desert King Mine (Old Newberry Mine; Arizona King Mine)
Iron Mountain
Martinez Canyon
Orphan Boy Mine (Sunset Mine; Silver Queen Mine)
Patrick & Wells Prospects
Talley Property (Talley-Walker Property)
Woodpecker Mine (Mineral Butte Mill And Consolidated Property; Silver Pick Group; Hall-Gorham Group; 4-M1s)

Latitude: 33°11'35"N
Longitude: 111°10'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.193055555556,-111.16916666667

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Willemite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	145740,145746,145749	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	4	145740,145745,145746,145749	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	145745	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	145740	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	145740,145746,145749	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	145740	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	145745	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	145740	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	145740	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	3	145740,145745,145749	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	145740,145745	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	145745	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	145740	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	145740	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	145740,145745	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	145740,145745,145746,145749	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	145740	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	145740,145745	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	145740	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	145740	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	145740	12537
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	145745	369
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	145745	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	145740,145745	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	145740,145746,145749	21482
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	145740	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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