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Locality Name:
Pena Blanca Lake, Big Steve - White Oak Group, Pajarito District, Pajarito Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 276051
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276051.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pena Blanca Lake, Big Steve - White Oak Group, Pajarito District, Pajarito Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Big Steve Mine

Latitude: 31°22'32"N
Longitude: 111°5'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.375555555556,-111.08972222222
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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteAutuniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteFluoriteMalachiteMarcasite
NonePyriteQuartzRocksalt

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Kasolite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11466172734
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11466171272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114661727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11466174979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114661727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11466173531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211466179617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114661724243
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O1146617198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114661712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211466175674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114661739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11466171725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114661761156
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1146617890


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