Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Canada Del Oro District (Cañada Del Oro District), Santa Catalina Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 35536
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35536.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canada Del Oro District (Cañada Del Oro District), Santa Catalina Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Canada Del Oro (Cañada Del Oro)
Cañada Del Oro Creek
El Oro Group
Unnamed Cu Prospect Ml10
Unnamed Cu Prospect Ml11
Unnamed Cu Prospect Ml15
Unnamed Cu Prospect Ml16
Unnamed Cu Prospect Ml17
Unnamed Cu Prospect Ml19
Unnamed Cu Prospect Ml54
Unnamed Cu Prospect Ml59
Unnamed Cu-W-Ag-Au Occurrence

Latitude: 32°25'0"N
Longitude: 110°53'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.416666666667,-110.89138888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	None	Not in a structural group	Spinel

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 C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Epidote None Not in a structural group Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	144101	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	144112	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	144112	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	144106,144112,144113	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	144103,144104	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	144107	14899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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