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Locality Name:
Silver Hill District, Waterman District, Waterman Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 51360
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51360.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Hill District, Waterman District, Waterman Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Silver Hill

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteAragoniteBrauniteBrochantiteCalciteMalachiteMurdochiteNoneNot in a structural group
PhenakitePyrochloreRocksaltRutile

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Murdochite  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61145258919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211452585509
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61145258413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71145258450
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1145258483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611452581633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114525827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11452584979
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11452582970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211452589895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114525824243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11452581689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611452582228
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1145258234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114525812537
Murdochite  (*)MurdochiteCu12Pb2O15Cl2114525834
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6114525864
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO21145258158
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21145258454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11452582473
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41145258303


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060395Silver Hill Mine Group, Silver Hill, Silver Hill District, Waterman District, Waterman Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060395

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