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Locality Name:
Owl Head District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 283359
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283359.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Owl Head District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Coronado Wash Area
Coronado Wash-Olsen Wash Confluence Area
Desert Peak Area
Durham And Coronado Washes Area
Magna-Blast Ltd. Property
Miscellaneous Deposit
Olsen Wash-Coronado Wash Area
Owl Head Buttes Area
Park Line Road Area
Parker Wash Area

Latitude: 32°39'47"N
Longitude: 111°7'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.663055555556,-111.11805555556
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 Ba C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteChalcopyriteClayCorundumMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
Rocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211458045509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2145799,14580411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411458165516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11458125707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114580427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O7145801,145804,145815,145816,145817,145821,1458233531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2145814,14581524243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114580114640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27145801,145804,145812,145815,145816,145821,14582312537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114581417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114581439462
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11458041101


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