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Locality Name:
Martinez Canyon, Bell Butte Area, Mineral Mountain District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 274674
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274674.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Martinez Canyon, Bell Butte Area, Mineral Mountain District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Silver Bell-Martinez Mine (Martinez Mine; Silver Bell Property; Martinez Property; Silver-Bell Mine; Silver Bell-Martinez Mine; Columbia Mine; Columbia-Silver Bell Mine; Silver Bell-Columbia Mine)

Latitude: 33°10'4"N
Longitude: 111°9'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.167777777778,-111.15444444444
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: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteCorundumFluoriteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11457452734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211457455509
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11457454979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11457451382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11457453531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11457452600
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211457459617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114574524243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114574514640
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41145745369
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11457451725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114574561156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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