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Locality Name:
Pima Co. & Pinal Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 296433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pima Co. & Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Santa Catalina Mts

Latitude: 32°30'16"N
Longitude: 110°44'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.504444444444,-110.74472222222

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 Cu Fe H O S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCovelliteEpidoteNonePyriteScheeliteSpinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11452783250
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411452785516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114527827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11452785707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114527827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11452784165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11452788173
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4114527814899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114527839462
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11452784894



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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