Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 247207
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247207.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chief Mine (Chief Group Of Claims)
Flux Mine (Goshen Mine)
January & Norton Mine Group (January And Norton Mine Group)

Latitude: 31°28'52"N
Longitude: 110°44'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.481111111111,-110.74916666667

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	Alum	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Linarite	Mica	Minium
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Alum-(Na) ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Halite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Linarite ()*	Massicot ()*
Minium ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Vanadinite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alum Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Corundum Devilline Diaspore Epidote Halotrichite Kaolinite Linarite Mica Minium
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

32 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	146659,146660,146662	2793
Alum-(Na) ()*	Alum	NaAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	146659	12
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	146659	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	146659	919
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	146659,146660,146662	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	146658	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	146658,146659,146660	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	146659	3531
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	146658,146659	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	146658	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	146658,146659,146660,146662	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	146659	7437
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	146658	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	146659	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	146658,146659	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	146659	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	146659	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	146659	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	146659	987
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	1	146659	202
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1	146659	247
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	146658,146659	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	146658,146659,146660,146662	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	146659	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	146659	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	146659	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	146659	301
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	146659	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	146659	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	146658,146659,146660,146662	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	146660	2045
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	146659	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110204	Flux Mine (Goshen Mine), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R110204

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