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Locality Name:
Copper Mts, La Posa District (Wellton District; Wellton Hills District), Wellton Hills-Copper Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 275544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Mts, La Posa District (Wellton District; Wellton Hills District), Wellton Hills-Copper Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
Smith Claims
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 32°29'38"N
Longitude: 113°59'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.493888888889,-113.99833333333
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: 
AllophaneAluniteCalciteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteGypsumMalachiteMica
None

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3149560,149561,14956227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11495675707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O7149560,149561,149562,149564,149565,149566,1495673531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11495674165
Gold  (*)CopperAu3149564,149565,14956630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3149564,149565,1495666890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34149560,149561,149562,14956614640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63149564,149565,1495662228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24149560,149561,149562,14956712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)27149560,149561,149562,149564,149565,149566,14956717380


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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