Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kofa Game Range, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 275704
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275704.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kofa Game Range, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Adams Mine Group (Adams Claims)
Castle Dome Mine Group
Castle Dome Placers
De Luce Mine (De Luce Claims; Fera Mine; La Lola Mine)
Mable Mine Group (Mabel Claims)
Naval Group
Slumgullion Pass
Strong Claims (Mabel Mine; Puzzler Mine)

Latitude: 33°1'39"N
Longitude: 114°8'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.0275,-114.13638888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*	Mimetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	Witherite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Clay Copper Corundum
Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Phenakite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	11	149250,149251,149252,149254,149255,149256,149258,149260,149273,149275,149277	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	149260,149273	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	16	149252,149254,149258,149260,149266,149268,149269,149273,149274,149275,149276,149277,149279,149280,149282,149289	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	149250	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	24	149250,149251,149252,149254,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149266,149268,149269,149273,149274,149275,149276,149277,149279,149280,149282,149284,149285,149288,149289	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	9	149250,149252,149254,149256,149258,149260,149273,149275,149277	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	149250	3531
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	23	149250,149251,149252,149254,149256,149257,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149266,149268,149269,149273,149274,149275,149276,149277,149279,149280,149282,149289	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	22	149250,149251,149252,149254,149256,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149266,149268,149269,149273,149274,149275,149276,149277,149279,149280,149282,149289	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	149250	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	149278	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	149254,149275	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	149250,149260	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	4	149254,149255,149273,149275	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	149250	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	149284,149285	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	149288	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	2	149252,149277	202
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	7	149254,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149273	1107
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	149280	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	9	149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149273,149275,149276,149277	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	149254,149273,149275	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	149259	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	149260,149275,149285	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	149254,149255,149273	2473
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	11	149250,149251,149252,149254,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149273,149280	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	2	149257,149260	303
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	149279	251
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	16	149250,149251,149252,149254,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149273,149275,149276,149279,149280,149282,149289	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050189	Strong Claims (Mabel Mine; Puzzler Mine), Kofa Game Range, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R050189

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