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Locality Name:
Santa Teresa Mts, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Graham Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 253151
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253151.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Teresa Mts, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Graham Co., Arizona, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Stanley District
Unnamed Sulphur/Pyrite Claim
Unnamed U Deposit (1)

Latitude: 33°1'40"N
Longitude: 110°13'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.027777777778,-110.22583333333
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 As Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCorundum
EpidoteFluoriteGarnetMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltSkutterudite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glaucodot  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211395743419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32139577,1395811534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11395722734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211395725509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4139575,139577,139580,13958111547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411395805516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2139572,13958027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11395724979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23139572,139580,13958327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11395723531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1139583966
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11395722970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11395728173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23139575,139577,1395809617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS113957224243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS1139583131
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61139577741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32139574,13958014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22139572,13958012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23139580,139583,13958439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22139577,13958161156
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31139583531
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11395721101


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