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Locality Name:
Fresno Canyon, Palmetto District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 277429
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277429.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fresno Canyon, Palmetto District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tres De Mayo Mine Group

Latitude: 31°26'43"N
Longitude: 110°47'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.445277777778,-110.79944444444
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: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteBrackebuschiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteMalachiteNoneRocksalt
ScheeliteSphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Brackebuschite  (*)Calderónite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11467462793
Brackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)114675015
Calderónite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)114674629
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11467464979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114674627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2146746,1467501382
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11467508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2146746,14675024243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114674612537
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS114674621482
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1146750605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42146746,1467501655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050538Tres De Mayo Mine Group, Fresno Canyon, Palmetto District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050538

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