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Locality Name:
Fortuna District (La Fortuna District), Gila Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33481
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33481.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fortuna District (La Fortuna District), Gila Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
Fortuna Mine Area (1)
Golden Dream Mine (Golden Dream Group Of Claims)
Samarskite Locality
Unnamed REE-Th Occurrence
Unnamed Ta-Nb Occurrence

Latitude: 32°37'17"N
Longitude: 114°18'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.621388888889,-114.30583333333
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: Al Au Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Nb O S Si Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBerylCalciteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumEpidoteGypsum
KaoliniteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511493471310
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211493465509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811493534286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114935427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11493465707
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11493478173
Gold  (*)CopperAu2149347,14935430554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11493496890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32149346,14934714640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411493495591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4114935414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22149346,14934712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22149349,14935517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22149347,14935439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22149346,14935361156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81149355353


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