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Locality Name:
Peach-Elgin Copper Deposit, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 52593
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52593.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peach-Elgin Copper Deposit, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Elgin Mine Group
Peach Mine (Peach Prospect; Helvetia West Mine)

Latitude: 31°51'49"N
Longitude: 110°47'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.863611111111,-110.79111111111
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteGarnetMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Grossular  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211444135509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42144411,1444135516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2144411,1444135707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22144411,14441327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2144411,1444133531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2144411,1444132970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62144411,1444134135
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42144411,14441314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22144411,14441312537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22144411,1444135800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22144411,14441339462
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11444131101


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