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Locality Name:
Rosemont (Rosemont Camp), Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 53458
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53458.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rosemont (Rosemont Camp), Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Chicago Mine (Chicago Prospect; Oregon Copper Mine; Coconino Mine)
Coconino Mine
Daylight-Narragansett Mines (Narragansett-Daylight Mines)
Dick Murphy Property
East Helvetia Deposit (Helvetia East Mine; Helvetia Mine; Rosemont Deposit)
Fremont Mine
Gold Fish Mine
Golden Gate Mine Group (Golden Gate Mine; U.S. Grant Mine; Amerco Mine; Fish Mine; Lexington Mine)
Gray Copper Property
Humming Bird Property
Hunter Mine
Jumper Property
McCormick Property
Merchant Mine (Crescent Mine)
Mohawk Silver Mine (Rosemont Mine)
Old Pap-Old Put Mines
Pickwick Mine (Pickwick Prospect; Sweet Group)
Record Excelsior Mine
Sweet Bye & Bye Mine (Saratoga Mine)

Latitude: 31°49'42"N
Longitude: 110°45'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.828333333333,-110.75972222222
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu Fe H O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteGarnetMalachite
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSpinelWollastonite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)26144419,144423,144426,144429,144440,1444425509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411444265516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114441927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11444294979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4144421,144423,144426,1444405707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26144418,144421,144423,144426,144436,14444227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O4144419,144426,144438,1444423531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O6144418,144419,144426,144438,144440,1444422970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11444198173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2144429,14443624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu114442930554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)210144418,144419,144421,144423,144426,144429,144436,144438,144440,14444212537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211444265800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26144418,144421,144423,144426,144436,14444239462
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11444421101
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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