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Locality Name:
New Water Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 34038
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34038.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Water Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
New Water District

Latitude: 33°36'46"N
Longitude: 113°55'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.612777777778,-113.92472222222
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFornacite
MalachiteMicaMordeniteMurdochiteNonePlancheiteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
Thomsonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Dioptase  (*)Duftite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fornacite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Murdochite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Plancheite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Shattuckite  (*)
Tangeite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114045311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2140450,14045327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11404534979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2140450,1404531382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3140450,140453,1404563531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)2140450,140453363
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O2140450,140453164
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)1140453220
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2140451,1404538173
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)2140450,14045385
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114045312537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2140450,1404531107
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O2140453,140454405
Murdochite  (*)MurdochiteCu12Pb2O15Cl2114045034
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211404532273
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O114045374
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO21140453158
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11404531725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22140450,14045361156
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)22140450,14045371
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)3140452,140453,14045660
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O1140450452
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1140453605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42140450,1404531655


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