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Locality Name:
Asbestos Point (Asbestos Peak) Area, Sierra Ancha District, Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 262432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262432.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Asbestos Point (Asbestos Peak) Area, Sierra Ancha District, Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bull Canyon
Globe And Miami Groups
Gold Dike Claims
Grand View Prospect
Howard Magnetite Mine
Jim Deposit
Rose Creek Lodge Area
Warm Spring Canyon
Zimmerman-Asbestos Point Claims (Zimmerman-Asbestos Points Magnetite Prospect; Ferro Claims; Iron King Claims; Ferrous Claims)

Latitude: 33°45'23"N
Longitude: 110°56'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.756388888889,-110.93611111111
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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAutuniteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMeta-autuniteNonePyrite
RocksaltSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelZippeite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Bassetite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metanováčekite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Natrozippeite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)
Uranophane-β  (*)Pyrite  (*)Saléeite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranocircite-II  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11390051272
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)102138996,13900551
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11390051184
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22139003,13900527198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41138997951
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS113900524243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2138996,1390056890
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4113900614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2113900512537
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O2138996,139005388
Metanováčekite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O113899626
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O2138996,139005443
Natrozippeite  (*)ZippeiteNa5(UO2)8(SO4)4O5(OH)3·12H2O113899641
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1139005471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11390052994
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1139005144
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23138996,139003,13900539462
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10113899695
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1139005628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22138996,1390052718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O2138996,13900589
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1139005890


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