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Locality Name:
Gila Bend Mountains District, Eagletail Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33484
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33484.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gila Bend Mountains District, Eagletail Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Belle Mackeever Property (Belle Mackeever Group Of Claims; Belle Mackeever Prospect)
Camp Creek Prospect (King Of The West Claim; Davis Group)
Copper Creek Prospect
Little Jane Prospect
Lucky Strike Prospect (Lucky Strike Claim)
Taft Mine
Yellow Breast Prospect

Latitude: 33°15'55"N
Longitude: 113°21'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.265277777778,-113.36361111111
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCopperCorundumFluoriteMalachiteMica
NoneQuartzRocksaltScheelite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11401422734
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114013827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11401424979
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11401363531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211401429617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114014224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu7140135,140136,140137,140138,140139,140140,14014130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33140136,140139,14014114640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114013612537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO1140142202
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114013517380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114013561156
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411401421655


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