Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Florence Mine (Florence Lead Silver Mine), Ripsey Hill Area, Ripsey District, Tortilla Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3378
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3378.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Florence Mine (Florence Lead Silver Mine), Ripsey Hill Area, Ripsey District, Tortilla Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°0'25"N
Longitude: 110°57'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.006944444444,-110.9575

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Iranite	Minium	None	Phenakite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemihedrite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*	Phoenicochroite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Vauquelinite ()*
Willemite ()*	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: As C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum Iranite Minium None Phenakite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemihedrite ()*	Iranite	ZnPb₁₀(CrO₄)₆(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	14
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	247
Phoenicochroite ()*	None	Pb₂O(CrO₄)	35
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	63
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R140133	Florence Mine (Florence Lead Silver Mine), Ripsey Hill Area, Ripsey District, Tortilla Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R140133

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