Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mescal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 51919
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51919.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mescal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Clark Property
El Capitan District

Latitude: 33°13'12"N
Longitude: 110°49'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.22,-110.83111111111

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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Torbernite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Gypsum Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	138638	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	138633	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	138633	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	138633	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	138632,138635	951
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	138638	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	138636	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	138633,138636,138638	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	138636,138642	443
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	138642	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	138633,138636,138638	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	138638	21482
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	138642	1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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