Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Mammoth, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 30005
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30005.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mammoth, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Aravaipa Creek Area
Copper Basin Railroad Cut
Little Joe Group
Porphyry Exploration Co. Property
Smith Property (T.M. Smith Property)
Tar Mine
Tucson Wash

Latitude: 32°44'2"N
Longitude: 110°41'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.733888888889,-110.68416666667

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Descloizite	Fornacite
Gypsum	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Phenakite	Quartz	Scheelite

Allophane ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Dioptase ()*	Fornacite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hollandite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Quartz ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Coronadite Descloizite Fornacite
Gypsum Mica Molybdenite None Phenakite Quartz Scheelite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	145714	470
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	145717	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	145707,145717	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	145707	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	145716	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	145714	3531
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	1	145714	164
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	145716	85
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	145710	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	145706,145716	6890
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	145714	243
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	145714	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	145714	5800
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	145714	362
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	145710,145714	61156
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	2	145714,145716	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	145714	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	145714,145716	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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