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:
Verde Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 48176
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48176.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Verde Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cave Creek District

Latitude: 33°53'8"N
Longitude: 111°53'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.885555555556,-111.89111111111

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	Calcite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Tetrahedrite

Chalcocite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Lindgrenite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si V W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Columbite Copper Corundum Feldspar Gypsum None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	141372	5707
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	141372	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	141372	3846
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	2	141349,141375	67
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	2	141349,141375	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	141367	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	10	141349,141351,141356,141357,141358,141360,141364,141367,141370,141374	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	141359	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	141356	14640
Lindgrenite ()*	None	Cu₃(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₂(OH)₂	1	141349	21
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	141359	1487
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	141349	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	141367	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	141349,141356	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	141375	4894
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	141372	5317
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	141367	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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