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


mindat Locality ID: 262419
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262419.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rose Creek Lodge Area, Sierra Ancha District, Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
First Chance Mine (First Chance Deposits; Beulah Claims; Minnie Claims)
Pine Ridge Prospect (Pine Ridge Magnetite Prospect)
Regent Mining And Development Co. Claims (Jon Group)
Workman Creek

Latitude: 33°49'51"N
Longitude: 110°57'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.830833333333,-110.96083333333
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: C Ca Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopiapiteCovelliteFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMarcasite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSpinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Opal  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)
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
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211391125509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)113911727770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1139112925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11391125707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23139112,139116,13911727198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1139112382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11391124165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS113911624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3139112,139116,1391176890
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4113911314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22139112,13911612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211391175674
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O3139112,139116,139117443
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11391162994
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1139117144
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23139112,139116,13911739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811391179056
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211391172718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1139117890


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