Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Waterman Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 277868
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277868.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waterman Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Waterman District

Latitude: 32°20'28"N
Longitude: 111°29'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.341111111111,-111.48527777778

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	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: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O P Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

17 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)	1	144966	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	144970	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	144966	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	144966	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	144970	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	144966	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	144961,144966	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	144966	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	144966	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	144970	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	144966	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	144966	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	144970	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	144966	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	144970	1725
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	144966	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	144970	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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