Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Horseshoe Mesa, Grand Canyon, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 261831
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-261831.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Horseshoe Mesa, Grand Canyon, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Grand View Mine (Last Chance Mine; No. 1 Pat Claim 3591; No. 5 Pat Claim 3592a; No. 4 Pat Claim 3592a; Canyon Copper Mine; Grand Canyon Mine)

Latitude: 36°1'2"N
Longitude: 111°58'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.017222222222,-111.97388888889

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Aragonite	Autunite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcophyllite
Clay	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Devilline	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite
Spangolite

Adamite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Brochantite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Devilline ()*
Dickite ()*	Grandviewite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Langite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Osarizawaite ()*
Parnauite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Philipsbornite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Spangolite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Aragonite Autunite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcoalumite Chalcophyllite
Clay Covellite Cyanotrichite Devilline Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite
Spangolite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	137749	254
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	137749	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	137749	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	137749	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	137749	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	137749	1633
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	1	137749	88
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	137749	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	137749	925
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	1	137749	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	137749	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	137749	194
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	137749	4165
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	1	137749	179
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	137749	366
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	137749	651
Grandviewite ()*	None	Cu₃Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O	1	137749	3
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	137749	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	137749	1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	137749	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	137749	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	137749	12537
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	137749	182
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	137749	492
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	137749	64
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	1	137749	105
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	137749	428
Philipsbornite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	137749	51
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	137749	1153
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	137749	2473
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	1	137749	105
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	137749	185

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070667	Grand View Mine (Last Chance Mine; No. 1 Pat Claim 3591; No. 5 Pat Claim 3592a; No. 4 Pat Claim 3592a; Canyon Copper Mine; Grand Canyon Mine), Horseshoe Mesa, Grand Canyon, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R070667

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