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


mindat Locality ID: 44400
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44400.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Francisco District, Oatman District (San Francisco District; Union Pass District), Black Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Golden Star Group (Red Bluff Prospects; American Boy Prospect; West Point Prospect; Denver City Group)
Homestake-Jack Pot Mine (Homestake Prospect; Jack Pot Mine; Homestake Mine; Lucky Budge Group)
Jack Pot Prospect
Moss Mine Area
Oatman
Red Crown Mine (Secret Pass Mine; Wilhelm Mine; Tin Cup Mine; Water Witch Mine)
Roadside Mine (Mother Lode Mine; Arizona Rand Gold Mine Inc.)
Roosevelt Prospect
Ruth Claim
West Extension Mine
West Gold Road Prospect

Latitude: 35°5'11"N
Longitude: 114°25'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.086388888889,-114.4175
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 Mo O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFluoriteGypsumMarcasite
NonePyriteQuartzScheelite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)8141892,141900,141904,141907,141910,141912,141914,14191727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2141907,1419155707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23141907,141915,14191727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2141907,1419153531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11419178173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF26141890,141900,141907,141910,141912,1419179617
Gold  (*)CopperAu16141889,141896,141900,141901,141903,141904,141907,141910,141912,141915,141916,141917,141918,141919,141920,14192130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11419176890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33141889,141907,14191714640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211419075674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26141907,141912,141915,141916,141918,14192139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24141890,141900,141907,14191261156
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42141907,1419151655


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