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Locality Name:
Aztec Lodge Area, Workman Creek Valley, Sierra Ancha District, Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 262416
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262416.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aztec Lodge Area, Workman Creek Valley, Sierra Ancha District, Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Baker And Carr Mountain Prospects
Workman Mine (Workman Deposit; Workman Claims; Workman Group; Anomaly B6-8)

Latitude: 33°50'17"N
Longitude: 110°56'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.838055555556,-110.94555555556

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: Ca Cu Fe H Mo O P S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCorundumCubaniteFluoriteGypsumMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyrite
SpinelWurtziteZircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22139148,13914927198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2139148,139149566
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31139149802
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11391486890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3113914714640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4113914714899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211391485674
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1139148443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211391485800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2113914839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811391489056
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211391482718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1139148890



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