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Locality Name:
Neversweat District (Palomas Mountains District), Neversweat Ridge-Palomas Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33667
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33667.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neversweat District (Palomas Mountains District), Neversweat Ridge-Palomas Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Horn
Neversweat Ridge
Palomas Mts
Prohoroff-Van Landingham Prospect
Rainbow And Valley Mine (Old Engles Mine)
South-central Palomas Mountains

Latitude: 33°4'19"N
Longitude: 113°41'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.071944444444,-113.69305555556

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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteCorundumFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMiniumNoneRocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Minium  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11495002734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114950011547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11495004979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11495001382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O4149495,149496,149497,1494983531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211495009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114950024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11495006890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114949514640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23149496,149497,14949812537
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41149500247



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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