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Locality Name:
Chuichu Area, Silver Reef Mountains, Tat Momoli Mts, Silver Reef District, Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 274894
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274894.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chuichu Area, Silver Reef Mountains, Tat Momoli Mts, Silver Reef District, Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Black Jewel Claim
Black Prince No. 1 Claim
Old Jonah Mine (Gold Nugget Mine; Loss Brothers Claims)

Latitude: 32°43'21"N
Longitude: 111°47'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.7225,-111.78416666667
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 Mo O Pb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteCalciteCopperCorundumNoneScheelite

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Hematite  (*)Shattuckite  (*)
Silver  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114626427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11462654979
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11462653531
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114626314640
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2114626571
Silver  (*)CopperAg11462655186
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411462651655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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