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Locality Name:
Greaterville District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 35679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35679.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greaterville District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 67
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 53

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Argonaut Placer Group
Arrastra Mine
Box Canyon
Colchis Placer Group
Comstock Mine Group (Arizona Comstock Lode)
Copper Valley Mine
Depression Mine
Enzenberg Canyon
Fortuna No. 1 Mine
Gold Bell Mine
Greaterville
Hardscrabble Mine
Hughes Mine
Ironwood Mine
Laura Mine
Logan And Bluebird Mine
Magdalena Mine
Oak Park Mine
Ophir Prospect
Santa Rita Group (Hammer Head Group)
Sawmill Canyon
Silver Butte Mine (Enzenberg; Mountain King Mine ?)
Silver Dime Mine
Silver Glance Mine
Silver Leaf Mine
Silver Queen Mine
St Patrick Mine
Sunset And Silver Star Mine
Unknown Cu-Ag Mine
Unnamed Zr Occurrence

Latitude: 31°45'50"N
Longitude: 110°46'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.763888888889,-110.77722222222
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteFeldspar
IronMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteWilkmaniteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brezinaite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Iron  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schreibersite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Taenite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11442602793
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11442301036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11442833250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211442845509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2144260,14426511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411442585516
Brezinaite  (*)WilkmaniteCr3S411442307
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5144240,144245,144260,144265,14428127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4144245,144246,144270,1442724979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS29144228,144237,144241,144243,144245,144258,144260,144265,14428027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2144245,1442701382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11442584165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611442304135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61144230944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11442301188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14144228,144231,144241,144243,144245,144246,144254,144258,144260,144265,144270,144272,144280,14428424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu27144227,144228,144231,144232,144241,144246,144247,144248,144250,144251,144252,144253,144254,144255,144256,144257,144258,144260,144261,144262,144263,144264,144265,144266,144269,144271,14427230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114425514640
Iron  (*)IronFe11442301089
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22144258,14428412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211442585800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114425817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210144228,144231,144237,144241,144243,144255,144258,144265,144270,14428039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22144228,14423161156
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1144230374
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5144243,144258,144260,144265,14427221482
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1144230703
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311442845317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411442521655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11442935251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070042Irwin-Ainsa Meteorite (Tucson Meteorite), Box Canyon, Greaterville District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070042

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