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Locality Name:
Wieland Group (Wieland Group Claims), Harshaw, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 34962
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34962.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wieland Group (Wieland Group Claims), Harshaw, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Basin Mine Group
Buffalo Mine Group (Jefferson Group)

Latitude: 31°28'53"N
Longitude: 110°43'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.481388888889,-110.71694444444

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteChalcopyriteCorundumGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
RocksaltTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
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)22146707,1467085509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2146712,14671311547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11467134979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11467135707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114670627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3146706,146707,1467083531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3146706,146707,1467082970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4146706,146709,146710,14671324243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2146709,1467106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114671314640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23146706,146707,14670812537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114671339462
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41146713586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311467065317



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