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Locality Name:
Workman Creek Valley, Sierra Ancha District, Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 41605
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41605.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Workman Creek Valley, Sierra Ancha District, Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Aztec Lodge Area
Rose Creek Lodge Area

Latitude: 33°50'15"N
Longitude: 110°56'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.8375,-110.9475
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 Cr Cu F Fe H Mo Na O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cr Fe O Pb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCubaniteFluoriteGarnetGypsum
MarcasiteMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNonePyriteRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
WurtziteZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Crocoite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nontronite  (*)
Opal  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)113915127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23139148,139149,13915127198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2139148,139149566
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)081
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31139149802
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211391519617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS113915124243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2139148,1391516890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3113914714640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4113914714899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22139148,1391515674
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1139148443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22139148,1391515800
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1139151471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11391512994
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1139151144
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22139148,13915139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82139148,1391519056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS113915121482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22139148,1391512718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2139148,139151890


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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