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Locality Name:
Oatman, Oatman District (San Francisco District; Union Pass District), Black Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36981
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36981.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oatman, Oatman District (San Francisco District; Union Pass District), Black Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 116
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 92

Number of Child Localities: 73
Child Localities:
American Vein
Argo Mine
Arizona Central Mine (Central Mine)
Arizona Gold Star Mine (LaPaz Mine)
Arizona Rex Mine (Summit Lode)
Bald Eagle Mine (Golden Eagle Group)
Big Lode Mine
Blue Bird Mine (Bluebird Mine; Mohawk Mine; Mohawk Extension Mine; Big Jim Consolidated Mine)
Boundary Cone
Boundary Cone Vein
Buckeye Vein
Casey Jones Mine (Oatman Hill Top Mine; Swallow Group)
Combination Fraction Claim
Cornstock Mine
Crescent Vein
Eastern Vein
Esperanza Canyon
Fessenden Mine
Gaddis And Perry Group (Gaddis-Perry Vein; Geddis-Perry Group; Spanish Treasure Mine)
Gilpen Mine (Times Mine; A.K.A. Times Mine)
Gilt Edge Mine
Gold Ore Extension Mine
Gold Ore Mine (Gold Ore Vein)
Gold Ore Vein
Gold Range Mine (Dome Mine)
Gold Reed Mine (Roosevelt Shaft)
Gold Road Vein
Grey Eagle-Bald Eagle Claims
Hardy Vein
Hercules Mine (Spes Bona Mine)
Hi Henry Mine
Highland Chief And Crown Point Veins
Iowa Canyon
Kokomo Mine (Kokomo Shaft; Oatman Gold Mine; Hammond Vein; Oatman Mining & Milling Mine)
Last Chance Mine
Leader Mine (Oatman Leader Mine)
Leland Vein
Liberty Bell Mine (Bell Mine; Mint Claim; Bunker Hill Claim)
Little Jim Mine (Little Jimmie Claim; Crown Head Mine; Princess Mine)
Lucky Boy Mine (Friday Mine)
Lucky Sam Mine
Midnight Vein
Midway Mine (Midway Moss Mine; Sunday Mine)
Mohawk Central Mine
Murdock Vein
Neglected Mine (Tom Reed Gold Mines)
New York Vein
North Star Mine
Oatman Amalgamated Extension Group
Oatman Amalgamated Mine (Oatman Amalgamated Gold Mine)
Oatman Belle Mine
Oatman Combination Mine
Oatman Queen Mine
Oatman United Mine
Pasadena Vein
Pictured Rock Mine
Pioneer Vein (German-American Vein)
Pittsburg Mine
Ruth Vein
San Francisco District
Silver Creek Valley
Sun Dial Mine
Surprise Mine (Nevada Oatman Mine)
Tango Mine
Telluride Mine (Telluride I; Telluride Iii; Telluride Mining Milling & Development Co. Mine)
Telluride No. 1 Mine
Telluride No. 2 Mine
Telluride No. 3 Mine
Tom Reed Jr. Mine (Triumph Mine; Alta Mine; Gold Key Mine; Mecca Mine; Gold King Tom Reed Mine; Ida Mine; Santa Fe Gp; Treasure Key Gp)
Tom Reed Vein
Vivian Mine (Jack's Shaft; Oro Fino Group; Lelland-Mitchell-Vivian Group)
White Chief Mine (White Chief G.M. Co.; Union Leader No. 4; Boundary Cone No. 1; Boundary Cone Extension Nos. 3 & 4)
Winchester Mine

Latitude: 35°1'41"N
Longitude: 114°24'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.028055555556,-114.40027777778
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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMinium
NonePyriteQuartzRutileScheelite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Minium  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211418543419
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)9141801,141812,141832,141838,141844,141854,141856,141860,14186127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11417885707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22141788,14185427198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25141771,141784,141812,141853,1418609617
Gold  (*)CopperAu15141760,141771,141787,141788,141801,141831,141832,141838,141840,141844,141853,141854,141856,141860,14186130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2141854,1418606890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34141752,141760,141838,14186014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411418605591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11418321487
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41141854247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22141787,14186039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211418603106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23141787,141792,14181261156
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42141831,1418541655


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