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


mindat Locality ID: 40006
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40006.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Union Pass District (Katherine District), Oatman District (San Francisco District; Union Pass District), Black Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Bald River Group
Banner Mining & Milling Co. Mine (America Claim; Banner & Fountain Mining Property)
Big Four Mine
Black Dyke Mine (Black Dyke Group; Gilbert Group; Princess Gold Mine; Princess Mine)
Burke Property
Expansion Group
Frisco Mine (Equator Prospect; Tragedy Claims; Tragedy Group)
Golden Cycle Mine
Katherine Extension Mine
Katherine Mine (Catherine Mine; Illinois Mine; Mohawk Extension Patented Mine)
Monarch Group
Monarch Property
New Chance Property (New Chance Prospect)
O.K. Extension Property
Pyramid Mine (Pyramid Group)
San Diego Property (San Diego Group)
Spirit Mountain
Sunlight Property
Sunnyside Mine (Sunnyside Prospect)
Tin Cup Property (Tin Cup Prospect)
Tragedy Mine
Tyro Mine
Union Pass
Union Pass Mine (Mohave Buttes Mine; Mohave Butte Shaft; Thumb Butte Mine)
Union Pass Property

Latitude: 35°11'8"N
Longitude: 114°26'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.185555555556,-114.44555555556
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 K Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteClayCopperCorundumFluoriteKaoliniteMordeniteNoneQuartz
Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7141935,141938,141941,141946,141951,141954,14195627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11419415707
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23141944,141956,1419589617
Gold  (*)CopperAu8141935,141938,141941,141946,141949,141951,141953,14195830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34141941,141944,141946,14195814640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411419415591
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1141955405
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11419552994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24141938,141941,141944,14195661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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