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Locality Name:
Cave Creek, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 274687
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274687.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cave Creek, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gold Cliff Mine (Gold Cliff Group Of Claims; Pocahontas Mine; Steele Claims; Nata Mine; Golden Reef Mine; Diaz Mine; Cave Creek Tungsten Mine; Homestake Claim; Lemon-Massex Claim; Alexander Claim; Cottonwood Claim)

Latitude: 33°52'59"N
Longitude: 111°54'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.883055555556,-111.9125
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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumFluoriteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
PyriteQuartzScheeliteTungstite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114089127198
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2114089167
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1140891551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211408919617
Gold  (*)CopperAu114089130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114089114640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114089112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211408915800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114089117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114089139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114089161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11408914894
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O1140891118


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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