Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saddle Mountain District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 53537
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53537.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saddle Mountain District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Golden Eagle Mine
Hayes Mine
Lee Mountain Area
Maybell Mine
Winkelman Area

Latitude: 33°1'21"N
Longitude: 110°42'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.0225,-110.71

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	Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Bixbyite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite
Garnet	Malachite	None	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Topaz

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bixbyite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C O Pb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Aragonite Baryte Bixbyite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Fluorite
Garnet Malachite None Pseudobrookite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Topaz

22 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	145455	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	145455	11547
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	1	145461	104
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	145455	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	145455,145456	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	145455,145456	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	145459	3531
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	145456	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	145455	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	145455	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	145456,145459	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	145459	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	145456	12537
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	145461	164
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	145455	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	145455,145456	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	145455	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	145455	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	145461	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	145455	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	145461	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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