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Locality Name:
Cave Creek District, Verde Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 31164
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31164.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cave Creek District, Verde Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Blue Wash
Carbonate Chief Mine
Catherine Mine
Cave Creek
Cave Creek Placers
Chico Mine
Golden Star Mine
Hunter's Rest Mine
Lion Mine
Mormon Girl Mine (Mormon Girl - Plat. 2678; Mormon Mine No. 2; Henry M. Grady Claim; Mamie Maude Mine; Mamie Maude Claim; S&J Copper Prop.; Mormon Girl Claim #2678; Mormon Mine #2 Claim)
New River Mesa
Panther Mine
Rackensack Gulch
Rover Peak
Rowe Wash
Unspecified Locality

Latitude: 33°53'9"N
Longitude: 111°53'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.885833333333,-111.89111111111
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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si V W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu H K Mo O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteColumbiteCopperCorundumFeldsparGypsumNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcocite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Lindgrenite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11413725707
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11413721382
Copper  (*)CopperCu11413723846
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2114137567
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1141375551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114136724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu9141351,141356,141357,141358,141360,141364,141367,141370,14137430554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11413596890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114135614640
Lindgrenite  (*)NoneCu3(Mo6+O4)2(OH)2021
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11413591487
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114136739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114135661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11413754894
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311413725317
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1141367605


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