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:
Scorpion Hill, Vulture District, Vulture Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 304595
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304595.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scorpion Hill, Vulture District, Vulture Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Flying Saucer Group (La Mina Group; Kinnon Group)

Latitude: 33°52'40"N
Longitude: 112°50'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.877777777778,-112.83805555556

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.

Bismutite	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	None	Quartz	Scheelite

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: Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb Si V W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bismutite Corundum Descloizite Diaspore None Quartz Scheelite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Ferrimolybdite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kettnerite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Powellite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	141417	345
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Kettnerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBiO(CO₃)F	0		46
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	0		362
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	141417	494
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	141417	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	141417	4894

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130114	Flying Saucer Group (La Mina Group; Kinnon Group), Scorpion Hill, Vulture District, Vulture Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R130114
R130113	Flying Saucer Group (La Mina Group; Kinnon Group), Scorpion Hill, Vulture District, Vulture Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R130113

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