Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santa Catalina Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 44415
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44415.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Catalina Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 67
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 46

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Oracle District (Control District; Old Hat District; Santa Catalina District)

Latitude: 32°33'22"N
Longitude: 110°46'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.556111111111,-110.78277777778

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.

Allanite	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline

Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Vermiculite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tourmaline

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	146112	706
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	146106	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	146111	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	146068,146074,146086,146089,146101,146106	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	146089	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	146109	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	146068,146078,146089,146106,146109	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	146109	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	146089,146109	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	146074,146086,146089	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	146061,146068,146085,146086,146089,146106,146109	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	146111	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	146089,146093,146094,146096,146098,146106,146108	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	146078,146109	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	146109	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	146109	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	146111	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	146109	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	146109,146111	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	146103	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	146068,146070,146085,146089,146109	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	146106	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	146111	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	7	146068,146069,146070,146071,146074,146086,146089	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	146111,146112	2705
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	146106	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	146106,146109	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	146067	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	146109	1101
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	4	146068,146070,146089,146116	605
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	2	146113,146115	652
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3	146068,146070,146089	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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