Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 274708
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274708.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cave Creek District, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Arizona Magnesite Products Co. Mine
Copper Kid Nos. 1; 2 & 3 And Copper Kid Amended Claims
Portmanteau Mine (Portmanteau Patented Claim #1376; Lyon Pat. Claim; Fairview Pat. Claim; Raven Pat. Claim; Davis Pat. Claim; Legal Tender Pat. Claim; Gold Hill; Van Buskirk Mine; Gold Hill Mine)
Thunderbird Mine (Thunderbird Claims; Peralta Mine; Coleman Property; Owen Adams Claims)
Tonto National Forest
Valcarce Claim

Latitude: 33°52'30"N
Longitude: 111°55'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.875,-111.93

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Silver ()*
Thorite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Th U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Baryte Calcite Copper Corundum Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	140898	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	140894	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	140896	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	140894	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	140896	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	140896,140898	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	140896	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	140894	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	140896,140898	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	140898	14640
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	140893	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	140894,140896	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	140896	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	140898	3106
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	140898	5186
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	140899	1006
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	140894	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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