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Locality Name:
Hughes Gulch, Greaterville Placer Deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 35777
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35777.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hughes Gulch, Greaterville Placer Deposits, Greaterville, Greaterville District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
St. Louis Gulch
Unnamed Prospects
Yuba Mine (Inghram Mine)

Latitude: 31°45'36"N
Longitude: 110°46'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.76,-110.77166666667
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 Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NonePyriteRocksaltSphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11442602793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114426011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411442585516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114426027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22144258,14426027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11442584165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2144258,14426024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3144257,144258,14426030554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114425812537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211442585800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114425817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114425839462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2144258,14426021482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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