Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ruby, Oro Blanco District (Ruby District), Oro Blanco Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 44050
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44050.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruby, Oro Blanco District (Ruby District), Oro Blanco Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Alamo Gulch
Alamo Mine
Austerlitz Mine Group (Arginrock; Addition Claim)
Austerlitz Mine Group Area
Bartlett Mountain
Bos Arnegos Mine
California Gulch
California Mine
Cleveland Mine
Franklin Mine (Franklin Prospect)
Idaho Mine Group (Arizona Group)
Last Chance Mine
Margarita Mine Group
Marmee Mine
Montana Mine Group
Nil Desperandum Mine
Old Glory Mine Group
Oro Blanco Placers
Ostrich Mine (Gold Pen Mine; Bartlett Mine; Skunk Mine)
Ragnaroc Mine (Ragnarole Mine)
Sorrel Top Mine
Warsaw Mine Group

Latitude: 31°26'28"N
Longitude: 111°15'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.441111111111,-111.25777777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	146574	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	146583	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	146565,146574	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2	146586,146589	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	146596	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	146559,146563,146574,146575,146577,146582,146583,146596	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	146596	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	146565	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	146575,146583,146596	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	146583	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	146559,146563,146574,146575,146577,146582,146583,146596	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	146557,146565,146578,146580,146583,146592	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	146579,146589	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	146561,146596	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	146577,146578,146580	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	19	146559,146561,146565,146574,146577,146578,146579,146580,146582,146583,146587,146588,146589,146590,146591,146594,146597,146598,146599	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	146565,146569	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	146596	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	146559,146574,146575,146577,146582,146583,146596	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	6	146559,146574,146575,146582,146583,146599	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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