Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 296487
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296487.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dripping Spring Mts, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Saddle Mountain District

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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:
Acanthite Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Gypsum Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	146029	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	146029	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	146029	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	146029	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	146029	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	146029	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	146029	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	146029	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	146029	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	146029	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	146029	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	146029,146030	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	146029	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	146029	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	146029	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	146029	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	146029	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	146029	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	146029	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	146029	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	146029	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	146029	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	146029,146030	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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