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Locality Name:
Iron Springs, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 275292
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275292.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Springs, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Boston-Arizona Mine (Boston-Arizona Option; Russell; Robinson; Robinson Russell Mine; Ackman-Armstrong Mine)
Derby Mine (Madizell Mine; Madizelle Mining Co. Property; Puritan And Italian Claims; Patented Claims MS 3424)

Latitude: 34°32'23"N
Longitude: 112°35'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.539722222222,-112.59166666667
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
Pyrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42148480,1484815516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114848027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11484805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22148480,14848127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11484803531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11484802970
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1148480345
Gold  (*)CopperAu114848130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114848014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611484802228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114848012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211484805800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22148480,14848139462
Silver  (*)CopperAg11484815186


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