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Locality Name:
Redington District, Santa Catalina Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36324
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36324.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Redington District, Santa Catalina Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Aries Uranium Claim
Bar-LY Ranch
Big Bug Claims
Buchman Canyon
Christmas Claims
Cobre Mine
Copper Hill Mine
Frustrated Group
Half Moon No. 3 Prospect
Happy No. 1-4 Claims
Hot Pants No. 1 Group
Lake Beds Group
Lucky Strike Claim (Lucky Strike Claims; A. J. Hall's Lead Property)
Redington
Redington Quadrangle
Unnamed Ag-Cu Prospect (1)
Unnamed Be Occurrence (2)
Unnamed Cu Prospect (3)
Unnamed Cu Prospect (9)
Unnamed Fluorspar Prospect 1

Latitude: 32°22'36"N
Longitude: 110°31'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.376666666667,-110.51805555556
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O P S Si U W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFluoriteMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzScheeliteWollastonite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2144198,1442141272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2144198,14420227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11441985707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23144198,144201,14421327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11442013531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2144199,1442018173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23144198,144214,1442209617
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22144201,14421812537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22144201,1442115800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23144201,144218,14422017380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1144201494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23144198,144218,14422039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114420261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2144199,1442014894
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11442011101
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1144198890
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311441991247


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