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Locality Name:
Jackson Mine Group (McCleary Group; Old Baldy Copper Mine; Rosa Mine; Hickory; Decatur), Jackson Canyon, Old Baldy District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36163
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36163.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jackson Mine Group (McCleary Group; Old Baldy Copper Mine; Rosa Mine; Hickory; Decatur), Jackson Canyon, Old Baldy District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Iron Mask Mine (Iron Mask Prospect; McCleary Prospect; Littleshot Prospect)
Jackson Mine

Latitude: 31°45'56"N
Longitude: 110°51'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.765555555556,-110.865
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: Al B C Cu Fe H Mo Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Fe H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCorundumMarcasiteMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzSpinelTourmaline

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411444605516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2144460,1444615707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22144460,14446127198
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114446014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42144460,14446114899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211444605674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211444615800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22144460,14446139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114446061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11444606417


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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