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Locality Name:
Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 41048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41048.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Papago Buttes
Phoenix Mts
Salt River Area
South Mountain (South Mountains; South Mountain Park)

Latitude: 33°26'47"N
Longitude: 112°1'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.446388888889,-112.01944444444
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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteGarnetMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzStaurolite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kanonaite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spessartine  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511412211310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114122627198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21141221376
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11412268173
Gold  (*)CopperAu114122330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114122614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311412215433
Kanonaite  (*)AndalusiteMn3+AlOSiO411412219
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411412211507
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22141221,14122617380
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1141221260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114122639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114122661156
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311412211214
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1141221978


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