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


mindat Locality ID: 262433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aztec Lodge Area, Sierra Ancha District, Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Reynolds Falls Group (Reynolds Creek Group; Imperial Property; Buffalo Group)
Rosa Claims (Rosa Group; Rosales Claims; Chisum Group; New Deal Group)
Sorrel Horse Deposit (Sorrel Horse 1-2 Claims; Big Six Group; Anomaly B6-5; Citation 1-5 Claims; Citation Deposit; Lobo; T-Bone)
Workman Creek
Workman Creek Area

Latitude: 33°51'45"N
Longitude: 110°56'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.8625,-110.94833333333
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteGypsumMeta-autuniteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNonePyriteRocksaltSerpentine

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Opal  (*)Phlogopite  (*)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
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211390123092
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1139014925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2113901627198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42139010,139011951
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS113901624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11390166890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611390142228
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1139014388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1139016443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211390165800
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11390162994
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211390142273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22139014,13901639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82139012,1390169056
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22139014,1390162718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1139014890


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