Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 33461
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33461.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 163
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 101

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sierra Ancha District

Latitude: 33°52'46"N
Longitude: 110°58'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.879444444444,-110.96944444444

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copiapite	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite
Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite	Zippeite	Zircon

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 Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copiapite Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cubanite Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Marcasite
Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite Zippeite Zircon

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bassetite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Covellite ()*	Crocoite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cubanite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metanováčekite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Natrozippeite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Opal ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saléeite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranocircite-II ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

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	139145	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	139012,139035	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	139089	3250
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	139005	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	139106,139112	5509
Bassetite ()*	None	Fe²⁺(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	2	138996,139005	51
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	139089	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	138991,139099,139106,139117,139151	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	139005	1184
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	4	139014,139106,139112,139131	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	139048,139050,139051,139112	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	16	139003,139005,139016,139021,139027,139048,139050,139051,139106,139112,139116,139117,139131,139148,139149,139151	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	22	138992,138997,139008,139010,139011,139023,139031,139039,139049,139057,139073,139074,139075,139076,139077,139078,139080,139081,139082,139101,139123,139142	951
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	2	139148,139149	566
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	139112	382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	139112	4165
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	1	139145	81
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	138990	599
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	139149	802
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	139089,139099,139102,139151	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	139140	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	139005,139016,139027,139116,139151	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	138993	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	11	138993,138996,139005,139016,139106,139112,139116,139117,139131,139148,139151	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	138992,139017,139018,139084,139099,139147	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	139035	1689
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	138990	243
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	139027	65
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	139014,139106	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	9	138991,139006,139048,139050,139051,139057,139113,139123,139147	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	139005,139025,139106,139112,139116,139131	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	139027,139117,139148,139151	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	3	138996,139005,139014	388
Metanováčekite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	138996	26
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	15	138993,138996,139005,139016,139025,139027,139063,139064,139106,139112,139116,139117,139131,139145,139148	443
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	139056	182
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5	139016,139027,139145,139148,139151	5800
Natrozippeite ()*	Zippeite	Na₅(UO₂)₈(SO₄)₄O₅(OH)₃·12H₂O	1	138996	41
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3	139005,139145,139151	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	5	139005,139016,139056,139116,139151	2994
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	3	139005,139117,139151	144
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	139014,139022,139095	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	17	138996,139003,139005,139014,139016,139021,139023,139062,139068,139106,139112,139116,139117,139131,139133,139148,139151	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	139054	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	7	139012,139016,139027,139117,139145,139148,139151	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	139021	61156
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	1	138996	95
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	139151	21482
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	6	139023,139027,139062,139086,139119,139127	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	138991	2562
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	1	139005	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	10	138996,139005,139014,139016,139027,139050,139117,139145,139148,139151	2718
Uranocircite-II ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O	2	138996,139005	89
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	7	139005,139014,139050,139063,139117,139148,139151	890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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