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


mindat Locality ID: 293279
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293279.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Steve - White Oak Group, Pajarito District, Pajarito Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pena Blanca Lake
Walker Canyon

Latitude: 31°22'27"N
Longitude: 111°5'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.374166666667,-111.08611111111
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

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Dumontite  (*)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)2146617,1466192734
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2146617,1466191272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2146617,14661927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2146617,1466194979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22146617,14661927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2146617,1466193531
Dumontite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·5H2O114661920
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22146617,1466199617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2146617,14661924243
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O2146617,146619198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22146617,14661912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22146617,1466195674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22146617,14661939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11466171725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22146617,14661961156
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2146617,146619890


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