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Locality Name:
Silver Reef District, Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 207517
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207517.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Reef District, Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tat Momoli Mts

Latitude: 32°42'13"N
Longitude: 111°48'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.703611111111,-111.80472222222
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCopperCorundumFluorite
FornaciteMalachiteMiniumMurdochiteNonePhenakitePlancheiteQuartzRocksaltScheelite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Dioptase  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Minium  (*)Murdochite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Quartz  (*)Shattuckite  (*)
Silver  (*)Tenorite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wherryite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2146260,1462662793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11462662734
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611462661633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114626427770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11462681184
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3146260,146265,1462664979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11462665707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O4146259,146260,146265,1462663531
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O1146266164
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211462609617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)114626085
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114626024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114626314640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114626612537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11462601107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41146260247
Murdochite  (*)MurdochiteCu12Pb2O15Cl2114626034
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O2146260,14626674
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114626661156
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)22146265,14626671
Silver  (*)CopperAg2146260,1462655186
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11462661101
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1146260605
Wherryite  (*)NonePb7Cu2(SO4)4(SiO4)2(OH)211462609
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41146260303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43146260,146265,1462661655


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