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Locality Name:
Flux Mine (Goshen Mine), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 5529
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5529.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Flux Mine (Goshen Mine), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°29'17"N
Longitude: 110°45'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.488055555556,-110.75416666667
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAlumAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCorundumDevillineDiasporeEpidoteHalotrichiteKaoliniteLinariteMicaMinium
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alum-(Na)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Massicot  (*)Minium  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Alum-(Na)  (*)AlumNaAl(SO4)2·12H2O012
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Massicot  (*)NonePbO0202
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O40247
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O0301
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110204Flux Mine (Goshen Mine), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110204

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