Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cox Gulch, Palmetto District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 276133
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276133.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cox Gulch, Palmetto District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Big Stick Mine (Big Stick Prospect; Ledge Mine)
Cox Gulch Prospects
Cumero Canyon
European Mine Group (Buena Vista Group)
Ventura Canyon

Latitude: 31°27'55"N
Longitude: 110°46'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.465277777778,-110.77277777778

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.

Aragonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Galena ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	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: Ag Al As C Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	146736,146737,146739	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	146733	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	146731,146732,146733,146742	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	146731,146732,146733,146740,146742	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	146731,146732,146733	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	146736,146737,146739,146742	24243
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	146742	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	146742	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	146731,146732,146733,146740,146742	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	146737	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	146742	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	146742	1803
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3	146736,146737,146739	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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