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Locality Name:
Warm Spring Canyon, Asbestos Point (Asbestos Peak) Area, Sierra Ancha District, Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 274891
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274891.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Warm Spring Canyon, Asbestos Point (Asbestos Peak) Area, Sierra Ancha District, Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Red Bluff Mine (Red Bluff Prospect; Red Bluff Claims; Claim MS 4788)

Latitude: 33°43'46"N
Longitude: 110°57'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.729444444444,-110.95111111111

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAutuniteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMeta-autuniteNonePyrite
RocksaltSmectite-vermiculite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Bassetite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Nontronite  (*)
Opal  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pyrite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranocircite-II  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11390051272
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10113900551
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11390051184
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2113900527198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS113900524243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11390056890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2113900512537
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1139005388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1139005443
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1139005471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11390052994
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1139005144
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2113900539462
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1139005628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211390052718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O113900589
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1139005890



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