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Locality Name:
Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Fortuna District (La Fortuna District), Gila Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 275515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Fortuna District (La Fortuna District), Gila Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Blue Butte Prospect
Fortuna Mine (La Fortuna Mine)
Fortuna Mine Area
Montgomery Prospect
Unnamed Mica-Th-U Occurrence

Latitude: 32°32'50"N
Longitude: 114°18'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.547222222222,-114.30694444444
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511493471310
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211493465509
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11493465707
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11493478173
Gold  (*)CopperAu114934730554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11493496890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32149346,14934714640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411493495591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22149346,14934712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114934917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114934739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114934661156


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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