Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Palmetto District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31261
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31261.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palmetto District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Billy D Mine
Conley Keck Copper Mine
Cox Gulch
Darwin Prospect
Denver Mine (El Toro Mine)
Fresno Canyon
Gold Standard Mine
Jarilla Mine Group (Jarilla Mine; Bullion Mine)
Ledge Prospect
Native Silver Mine (Native Silver Prospect; Silver Moon Mine; Brown Mine)
Nogales Quadrangle
Old Timer Mine (La Paloma Mine; La Palomar Mine)
Pat Alunite Deposit (Pat Property; Patagonia Property)
Sonoita Mine Group (Sondita Mine; Sondita Mine Group; Evans Claim)
Three-R Canyon
West Side Mine

Latitude: 31°27'39"N
Longitude: 110°47'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.460833333333,-110.78361111111

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Brackebuschite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Alunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brackebuschite ()*
Calderónite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Halite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Vanadinite ()*
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Brackebuschite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Copper
Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Halotrichite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

36 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	146746	2793
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4	146759,146765,146766,146767	966
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	146753,146767	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	146765,146767	5516
Brackebuschite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Mn³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)	1	146750	15
Calderónite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Fe³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)	1	146746	29
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	5	146736,146737,146739,146746,146753	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2	146733,146767	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	8	146731,146732,146733,146742,146760,146761,146765,146767	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	10	146731,146732,146733,146740,146742,146746,146752,146763,146765,146767	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	4	146746,146750,146752,146753	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	146767	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	5	146731,146732,146733,146765,146767	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	146750,146752,146753,146763	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	11	146736,146737,146739,146742,146746,146750,146752,146753,146760,146761,146763	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	146764	30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	146744	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	146744	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	146767	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	146759	5591
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	146744	54
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	146753	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	146746,146752,146753,146765,146767	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	146760	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	146742	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	146742,146759,146765,146767	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	146753	2349
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	146761	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	146731,146732,146733,146740,146742,146755,146760,146763,146767	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	146759	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	146752,146753,146755	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	146737	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	146742,146746,146763	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	146742	1803
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	146750	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	8	146736,146737,146739,146746,146750,146752,146753,146760	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060155	Denver Mine (El Toro Mine), Palmetto District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R060155
R050538	Tres De Mayo Mine Group, Fresno Canyon, Palmetto District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R050538

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