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Locality Name:
Pajarito District, Pajarito Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 34088
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34088.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pajarito District, Pajarito Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Big Steve - White Oak Group
Happy Day Prospect
Joe Parker 5 Prospect
Midnight Mine
Morning & Evening Mine Group (Morning And Evening Mine; Morning Mine)
Pena Blanca Canyon
Pena Blanca Lake
Penasco Group (Penasco Claims 1 Through 5)
Pumice Group (Pumice Area)
Reactor And Opaline Groups
Silver Mine
Summit Motorway Property

Latitude: 31°22'44"N
Longitude: 111°1'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.378888888889,-111.03111111111
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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg Mo O P Pb S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Hg S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteAutuniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFluorite
MalachiteMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dumontite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kasolite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11466232793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3146617,146619,1466232734
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O3146617,146619,1466301272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3146617,146619,14662327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4146617,146619,146623,1466274979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23146617,146619,14662527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2146617,1466193531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Dumontite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·5H2O114661920
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23146617,146619,1466239617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3146617,146619,14662324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O2146617,146619198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22146617,14661912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22146617,1466195674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24146617,146619,146623,14662539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2146617,1466251725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23146617,146619,14662361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211466302718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3146617,146619,146630890
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1146625605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411466251655


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