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Locality Name:
Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3400
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3400.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA": 83
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 69

Number of Child Localities: 38
Child Localities:
81 Mine
Baker Mine
Black Joe Mine (Gibson Mine)
Black Top Mine
Bonanza Mine
Bunker Hill Mine
Castle Dome Gypsum Occurrence (Castle Dome Occurrence)
Castle Dome Peak
Cortez Mine
Ellen Gowen Mine
Eva Ann Mine
Johnnie Lead Mine
Joplin Claim
Keystone Claim Area (Goat Claim Area)
Kofa Game Range
Little Willie Mine
McLane Mine
Minot Mine
Mormon Bishop No. 2 Mine
Nayal Black Hawk Mine
Nevada Claim
New Chance Mine
Ophir Mine (Orpha Mine)
Painter Mine
Purisima Mine
Red Bluff Mountain
Ruth Ann Mine
Sheep Claim Mine (Sheep Claim)
Southern Extension Mine
Sphinx Of Arizona Mine
St. Charles Mine
Thumb Butte Area
U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds
Unnamed Gypsum Deposit
Unnamed Pb-Ag Mine
Vec Mine
William Penn Mine
Yuma Mine

Latitude: 32°59'13"N
Longitude: 114°8'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.986944444444,-114.13944444444
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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O Pb V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteClayCopperCorundum
DescloiziteDiasporeFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMiniumNonePhenakite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Descloizite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)Witherite  (*)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)11149250,149251,149252,149254,149255,149256,149258,149260,149273,149275,1492772734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2149260,1492733250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17149252,149254,149258,149260,149266,149268,149269,149273,149274,149275,149276,149277,149279,149280,149282,149289,14931011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611492501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)28149236,149237,149248,149250,149251,149252,149254,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149266,149268,149269,149273,149274,149275,149276,149277,149279,149280,149282,149284,149285,149288,149289,14930127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)9149250,149252,149254,149256,149258,149260,149273,149275,1492774979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11493015707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11492503531
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)0378
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF226149238,149250,149251,149252,149254,149256,149257,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149266,149268,149269,149273,149274,149275,149276,149277,149279,149280,149282,149289,149294,1493149617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS23149250,149251,149252,149254,149256,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149266,149268,149269,149273,149274,149275,149276,149277,149279,149280,149282,149289,14931024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11492507437
Gold  (*)CopperAu114927830554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4149240,149254,149275,1493126890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32149250,14926014640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)64149254,149255,149273,1492751066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611492502228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42149284,1492855591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22149288,14931012537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO2149252,149277202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl7149254,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,1492731107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41149303247
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11492801508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212149248,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149273,149275,149276,149277,149303,14931017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23149254,149273,14927539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22149236,1492373106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11492591725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24149248,149260,149275,14928561156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)4149248,149254,149255,1492732473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS114931021482
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl11149250,149251,149252,149254,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149273,149280605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO42149257,149260303
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)1149279251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO416149250,149251,149252,149254,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149273,149275,149276,149279,149280,149282,1492891655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050189Strong Claims (Mabel Mine; Puzzler Mine), Kofa Game Range, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050189

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