Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Mineral Creek-Gila River Confluence Area, Kelvin, Riverside District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 274883
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274883.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Creek-Gila River Confluence Area, Kelvin, Riverside District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Impact No. 1 And R.S. Waters Claim
Kate No. 3 Claim
Kelvin-Sultana Mine (Kelvin-Sultana Copper Co. Properties; Sultana-Arizona Mine; Riverside Group)
Mendosa Mine (Lucky Strike Mine)

Latitude: 33°5'58"N
Longitude: 110°59'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.099444444444,-110.98333333333

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.

Allophane	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	None

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 Cu Fe H O S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite None

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Uraninite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	146008,146010	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	146010,146011	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	146010	3846
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	146008,146011	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	146010	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	146010,146011	12537
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	146009	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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