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Locality Name:
Mineral Mountain Area, Mineral Mountain District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 52005
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52005.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Mountain Area, Mineral Mountain District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Arizona Silver Queen Mining Co. Property (Havelena Group; Lone Jessie)
B And G Claim
Box Canyon
Coronado Mine (Wall Claims; Apache Group; Apache Gold Mine)
Gorilla Property (Gorilla Group 1; Gorilla Group 2; Gorilla Group 3; Gorilla Group 4; Marguerite Lake Mines Ltd. Property; Lost Gorilla Group; Lew Claims; Big Bonanza Claims)
Gorman-Hall Mine (Hall-Gorham Group; Gorham-Hall Mine; Silver Pick Mine)
Habstritts Silver Lode Claim A
Moon Mining Property (Alta Central Mining Co. Property; Amalgamated Copper Mining Property; Moon Claims; Juno Group; Griffey-Swartz Group; Black Copper Group)
Oklahoma Mine (Oklahoma Group; Troxel Group; Troxel Mining Property; Alto Group; Vaughn Property; Greenhaw Group)
Princess Elena Claims
Rainbow Silver Mine
Red Top - Area 1 (Mineral Mountain Consolidated; Patented Claims MS 2149)
Silver King Mine (Vaughan Property)
Sunset Mine (McKalouff And Gilbert Property; Thomas McAuliffe Group; Thomas Gianmi Claims)
Superstition Consolidated Mining Co. Property (MS 3894 Claim)
Thanksgiving Mine (Thanksgiving Gold Mine; Myres Mine; Meyers Mine; Meyers Claims; Box Canyon Group)
Tired Horse Claims
Transvaal Group
Wedge Mine (Wedge Lead Mine; Wedge Lead Group; Louisville; Grand Duke; Wedge Claim No. 2)

Latitude: 33°10'23"N
Longitude: 111°13'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.173055555556,-111.21777777778
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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu F H O Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumFluoriteMalachiteNone
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11457622793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2145762,1457752734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114576311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2145762,14576627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114576727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11457621382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11457703531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5145761,145762,145767,145769,14577524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2145772,14577430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114577214640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114577012537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22145766,14577061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11457695186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS114576221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311457675317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411457611655


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