Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Antelope District, Tortilla Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 207253
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207253.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Antelope District, Tortilla Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cedar Mountain Area
Horse Hills

Latitude: 32°54'38"N
Longitude: 110°50'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.910555555556,-110.84166666667

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Descloizite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Descloizite Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Quartz Rocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*
Tenorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	146326	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	146331	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	146326	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	146328	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	146326	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	146326	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	146326,146331	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	146328	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	146326	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	146326	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	146326	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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