Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Estrella Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 47575
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47575.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Estrella Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Estrella Mts - North End
Sierra Estrella Mountains Wollastonite Occurrence

Latitude: 33°12'49"N
Longitude: 112°15'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.213611111111,-112.26611111111

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	Amphibole	Beryl	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Wollastonite	Zircon

Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Beryl ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Forsterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Be Ca Ce Cu Fe H Mg O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Ce Cu Fe H O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Allophane Amphibole Beryl Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Wollastonite Zircon

15 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)	0		706
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	0		3531
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	140948	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	140948	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	140948	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	140949	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	140948	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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