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Locality Name:
King Gulch, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 274771
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274771.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "King Gulch, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Iolanthe Prospect (Dead Pine Prospect; El Moro Prospect)
Shannon Mine (Shannon Property; Shannon Mountain Mine; Boulder Claim; Antietam Mine; Antietam Claim; Leo C Claim)

Latitude: 33°8'3"N
Longitude: 109°20'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.134166666667,-109.34388888889
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 Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
KaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneRutileSpinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Silver  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211397805509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611397801633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)113978027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11397805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2113978027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2139779,1397803531
Copper  (*)CopperCu11397803846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11397802970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611397804135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11397808173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3113978014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11397801689
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411397805591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4113978014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22139779,13978012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2113978039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211397803106
Silver  (*)CopperAg11397805186
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211397802562


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