Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Clip, Hidden Valley, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 46247
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46247.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clip, Hidden Valley, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Clip Mine (Silver Clip Mine; Blaine Mine; Silver Mines Consolidated Mine)
Clip Wash
Revelation Mine (Revelation No. 2 Claim)

Latitude: 33°9'5"N
Longitude: 114°36'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.151388888889,-114.6125

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Dumortierite	Fluorite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Talc

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Dumortierite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Talc ()*
Vanadinite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Sr V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Dumortierite Fluorite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Talc

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	140663,140665	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	140663,140665	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	140663	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	140663,140665	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	140663	1382
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	2	140663,140664	231
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	140663	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	140663,140665	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	140663,140664	1507
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	140663	12537
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	140663	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	140664	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	140663,140665	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	140665	2473
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	140664	3337
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	140663	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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