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Locality Name:
Hummingbird Spring, Osborn District, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 275431
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275431.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hummingbird Spring, Osborn District, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Moon Anchor Mine (Aggravation Mine; East Vulture Mining Co. Mine)

Latitude: 33°38'32"N
Longitude: 113°'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.642222222222,-113.01333333333

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 As C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAjoiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteDescloiziteFluoriteFornaciteIranite
MiniumMonaziteMordeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakiteRocksaltWickenburgite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Ajoite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Crocoite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Duftite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hemihedrite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Macphersonite  (*)Maricopaite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Molybdofornacite  (*)Phoenicochroite  (*)Shattuckite  (*)
Vauquelinite  (*)Wickenburgite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ajoite  (*)AjoiteK3Cu2+20Al3Si29O76(OH)16·8H2O114084511
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11408452734
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61140845413
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11408454979
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)114084581
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1140845378
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)1140845220
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211408459617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)114084585
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114084524243
Hemihedrite  (*)IraniteZnPb10(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2114084514
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O11408451271
Macphersonite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2114084511
Maricopaite  (*)MordeniteCa2Pb7(Si36Al12)O99·n(H2O,OH)11408451
Massicot  (*)NonePbO1140845202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11408451107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41140845247
Molybdofornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)114084517
Phoenicochroite  (*)NonePb2O(CrO4)114084535
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2114084571
Vauquelinite  (*)NoneCuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)114084563
Wickenburgite  (*)WickenburgitePb3CaAl2Si10O27·4H2O114084514
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41140845303



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120147Moon Anchor Mine (Aggravation Mine; East Vulture Mining Co. Mine), Hummingbird Spring, Osborn District, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R120147


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