Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Quijotoa (Covered Wells), Quijotoa District, Quijotoa Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 46988
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46988.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quijotoa (Covered Wells), Quijotoa District, Quijotoa Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Copper Squaw Mine (Andrade Mine; Luper Mine; Cooley Mine)
Linda Lee Claims
Linda Lee Claims Area
Pandora Prospect
Rhoads Prospect

Latitude: 32°9'20"N
Longitude: 112°7'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.155555555556,-112.12

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Crichtonite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Davidite-(La) ()*	Epidote ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*
Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti U V Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Amphibole Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Crichtonite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Spinel Titanite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	144947	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	144947,144950	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	144947,144949	706
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	144946	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	144946,144947	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	144946	5707
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	144947	1756
Davidite-(La) ()*	Crichtonite	La(Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH,F)₃₈	1	144950	31
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	144947,144950	8173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	144949	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	144946,144947	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	144949	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	144949	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	144946	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	144949	443
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	144947	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	144949	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	144946,144947	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	144947	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	144947	1214
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	144947,144950	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	144947	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	144946	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2	144946,144947	890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040024	Quijotoa (Covered Wells), Quijotoa District, Quijotoa Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R040024
R070698	Pandora Prospect, Quijotoa (Covered Wells), Quijotoa District, Quijotoa Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R070698
R070697	Pandora Prospect, Quijotoa (Covered Wells), Quijotoa District, Quijotoa Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R070697

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