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Locality Name:
Fresno Canyon, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 296467
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296467.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fresno Canyon, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Palmetto District

Latitude: 31°26'58"N
Longitude: 110°48'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.449444444444,-110.80194444444

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 As Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteBaryteCorundumDescloiziteNoneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Descloizite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11466472734
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11466473531
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1146647378
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114664724243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114664714640
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11466471107
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl114664771
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211466473106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11466471725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114664761156
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1146647605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411466471655



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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