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Locality Name:
Payson District (Green Valley District), Gila Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Payson District (Green Valley District), Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 102
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 72

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Birch Mesa
Boyd Mountain Area
Buckhead Mesa
Crackerjack Mesa
Crackerjack Mesa Area
Cypress Hill Area
De Ford Property
Diamond Point Area
East Verde River Area
Gallups
Geronimo Estates
Gibson Peak Area
Gisela
Harrington Claims
Houston Mesa Area
Moore Mountain Area
Oxbow Estates
Oxbow Estates Area
Payson
Round Valley
Rye
Table Top Area
White Mountain Mine

Latitude: 34°13'2"N
Longitude: 111°20'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.217222222222,-111.33805555556

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	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Fornacite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Stibnite

Andradite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dioptase ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*
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 Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Fornacite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Stibnite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	138690	1534
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	138710,138747	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	138672,138689,138694,138719,138720,138725	11547
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	138713	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	138667,138734	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	138690,138723,138738	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	138667,138747	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	138657,138664,138667,138690,138710,138713,138723,138734,138747	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	138713,138723,138738	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	138753	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	138750	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	138734	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	138738	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	2	138717,138723	378
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	2	138657,138723	164
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	138690,138723,138738	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	138723,138753	9617
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	1	138713	85
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	138710	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	138706,138710,138713,138723,138724,138728,138738	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	138710,138713,138723,138738	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	138663,138710,138723	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	138735	1507
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	138710,138723,138738	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	2	138710,138713	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	138710,138723	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	138713,138747	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	138754	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	138686,138710,138713,138723,138734,138737,138740,138741	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	138734	3418
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	138713,138723	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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