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Locality Name:
Rincon District, Rincon Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36326
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36326.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rincon District, Rincon Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Black Rock Claims (Blue Rock Claims)
Deer Creek
Dollar Bill Claims
Palo Verde Copper Mining Co. Prospect
Pantano Wash
Red Hills Claims
Rincon Mountain Group (Rincon Mountains Claims)
Unnamed Clay Occurrence
Unnamed Cu Prospect (2)
Vail
Virginia Belle Mine

Latitude: 32°4'59"N
Longitude: 110°35'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.083055555556,-110.59
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Nb O S Si U Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCorundumFluoriteGypsumKaolinite
MalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1144036470
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211440365509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114404811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114404727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114403627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11440363531
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11440496890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114403614640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42144036,1440405591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114403612537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114404017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114403661156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81144037353
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211440342718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1144041890


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