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


mindat Locality ID: 44391
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44391.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Ancha District, Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 162
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 101

Number of Child Localities: 42
Child Localities:
Apache Mine
Asbestos Point (Asbestos Peak)
Asbestos Point (Asbestos Peak) Area
Ash Creek
Aztec Lodge Area
Aztec Peak
Aztec Peak Area
Bix Six Mine
Black Diamond Claims
Board Tree Saddle Area
Center Mountain Area
Cherry Creek Area
Copper Mountain
Copper Mountain Area
Cow Flat Mountain Area
Dutchwoman Butte Area
Easy Deposit
Friday Claim (Miami Group; Clark Property; Globe Group)
Greenback Creek Area
Greenback Peak Area
Gunsight Butte Area
Hackberry Mountain Area
Head Of Pocket Creek
Horse Camp Mesa Area
Jakes Corner Area
Jerky Butte Area
Last Chance Mine
McFadden Peak
McFadden Peak Area
Mistake Peak Area
North Of Roosevelt Lake Area
Pendelton Mesa Area
Reynolds Creek Campground
Reynolds Creek Campground Area
Rose Creek Lodge Area
Shell Mountain Area
Sierra Ancha Wilderness Area
Theodore Roosevelt Lake Area
Thompson Mesa Area
Unnamed Diabase Sill Complex
Vosburg Mesa Area
Workman Creek Valley

Latitude: 33°52'46"N
Longitude: 110°58'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.879444444444,-110.96944444444
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 As Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAragoniteAutuniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClay
CopiapiteCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCubaniteFluoriteGarnetGypsumMalachiteMarcasite
Meta-autuniteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelWurtziteZippeiteZircon

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bassetite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Coffinite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cubanite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metanováčekite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Metazeunerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natrozippeite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)
Uranophane-β  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Saléeite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)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)311391451534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22139012,1390353092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11390893250
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11390051272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22139106,1391125509
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)102138996,13900551
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411390895516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5138991,139099,139106,139117,13915127770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11390051184
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O4139014,139106,139112,139131925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4139048,139050,139051,1391125707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216139003,139005,139016,139021,139027,139048,139050,139051,139106,139112,139116,139117,139131,139148,139149,13915127198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)422138992,138997,139008,139010,139011,139023,139031,139039,139049,139057,139073,139074,139075,139076,139077,139078,139080,139081,139082,139101,139123,139142951
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2139148,139149566
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1139112382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11391124165
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)113914581
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161138990599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31139149802
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24139089,139099,139102,1391519617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11391401188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5139005,139016,139027,139116,13915124243
Graphite  (*)NoneC11389932812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11138993,138996,139005,139016,139106,139112,139116,139117,139131,139148,1391516890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36138992,139017,139018,139084,139099,13914714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11390351689
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161138990243
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6113902765
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62139014,1391062228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O49138991,139006,139048,139050,139051,139057,139113,139123,13914714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26139005,139025,139106,139112,139116,13913112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24139027,139117,139148,1391515674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O3138996,139005,139014388
Metanováčekite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O113899626
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O15138993,138996,139005,139016,139025,139027,139063,139064,139106,139112,139116,139117,139131,139145,139148443
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O1139056182
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS25139016,139027,139145,139148,1391515800
Natrozippeite  (*)ZippeiteNa5(UO2)8(SO4)4O5(OH)3·12H2O113899641
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O3139005,139145,139151471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O5139005,139016,139056,139116,1391512994
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3139005,139117,139151144
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23139014,139022,1390952273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217138996,139003,139005,139014,139016,139021,139023,139062,139068,139106,139112,139116,139117,139131,139133,139148,13915139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211390543106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S87139012,139016,139027,139117,139145,139148,1391519056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2113902161156
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10113899695
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS113915121482
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O6139023,139027,139062,139086,139119,1391271059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211389912562
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1139005628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO210138996,139005,139014,139016,139027,139050,139117,139145,139148,1391512718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O2138996,13900589
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O7139005,139014,139050,139063,139117,139148,139151890


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