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Locality Name:
Silver Hill Mine Group, Silver Hill, Silver Hill District, Waterman District, Waterman Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3386
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3386.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Hill Mine Group, Silver Hill, Silver Hill District, Waterman District, Waterman Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Lancer Mine
Little Joker Mine
Mamie Griffith Mine
Monarch Mine
Rodrigues' Purse Mine

Latitude: 32°20'49"N
Longitude: 111°28'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.346944444444,-111.47194444444
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 As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteAragoniteBrauniteBrochantiteCalciteMalachiteMurdochiteNoneNot in a structural group
PhenakitePyrochloreRocksaltRutile

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Murdochite  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O70450
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)0483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)0234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Murdochite  (*)MurdochiteCu12Pb2O15Cl2034
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6064
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO20158
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO40303


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060395Silver Hill Mine Group, Silver Hill, Silver Hill District, Waterman District, Waterman Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060395

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