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Locality Name:
Nogales District (Gold Hill District), Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33920
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33920.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nogales District (Gold Hill District), Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Art Delaney Mines
Calabasas Area
Colorado Prospect (Cobrado Prospect)
Farmer Mine
Guebabi Canyon
J. Reed Claims
Little Annie Mine
Mount Benedict
Mount Benedict Area
Reagan Camp

Latitude: 31°24'53"N
Longitude: 110°54'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.414722222222,-110.90833333333
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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSpinelStibnite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)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)11464752734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22146478,1464835509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2146467,14648727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11464794979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27146475,146476,146477,146478,146479,146482,14648527198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2146487,1464888173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS8146475,146476,146477,146478,146479,146482,146483,14648524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4146471,146473,146481,14648630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114648714640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4114648714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23146476,146479,14648312537
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31146486733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25146475,146476,146477,146478,14647939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22146487,14648861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4146467,146486,146487,1464884894
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311464793418
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411464791655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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