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Locality Name:
San Carlos Indian Reservation, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 293613
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293613.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Carlos Indian Reservation, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dripping Spring Mts
Jerusalem Mountain
Lee Mountain Area

Latitude: 33°3'17"N
Longitude: 110°37'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.054722222222,-110.63277777778

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovellite
GypsumMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11460292793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11460292734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114602911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411460295516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114602927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11460294979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11460295707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114602927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11460293531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11460294165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11460292970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2146029,14603024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu114602930554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11460296890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114602914640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4114602914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114602912537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114602917380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311460291425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114602939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114602961156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11460295186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2146029,14603021482



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