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Locality Name:
Bouse, Plomosa District, Plomosa Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3399
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3399.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bouse, Plomosa District, Plomosa Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Blue Slate Mine Group
Bouse Area
Burro Hill Prospect
Dobbins Claims (Jolly Roger Mine)
Dutchman Mine (Flying Dutchman Mine)
Good Bet Prospect (Smokey Prospect)
Iber-Plomosa Mine
Little Butte Mine (Little Butte Copper Mine; Arizona Pride Mine)
McWilliams Group
Red Chief Prospect (Red Chief Deposit; Red Chief No. 5 Claim; Barium No. 21 Claim)
Southwest Of Bouse
West Of Bouse

Latitude: 33°55'57"N
Longitude: 114°'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.9325,-114.01416666667
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousApatiteBaryteCalciteClayCopperCorundumFluoriteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyrophylliteQuartzRhabdophaneRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bassanite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Lechatelierite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prosopite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tenorite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211405145509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114051611547
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O114050882
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114051027770
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3140507,140508,1405143531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22140515,1405169617
Gold  (*)CopperAu2140511,14051430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O37140504,140507,140509,140511,140512,140514,14051714640
Lechatelierite  (*)AmorphousSiO2062
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4114050514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23140505,140507,14051412537
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11405051508
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Prosopite  (*)NoneCaAl2F4(OH)4114050739
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22140510,1405183106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11405131725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21140505771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22140504,14051661156
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2140507,1405081101
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1140505652


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