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Locality Name:
Mount Union, Hassayampa District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 55734
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55734.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Union, Hassayampa District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mount Union Mine (Amalgamated Gold-Lead Mines; Patented Claims MS 2588)
Storm Cloud Mine (Patented Claims MS 118 - 1660 - 1955 & 2110; Gold Vein; Betty O'Neal Mining Co. Property)

Latitude: 34°24'37"N
Longitude: 112°24'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.410277777778,-112.41638888889

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: Au Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperCorundumNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22147780,14778127198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2147780,14778124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu114778130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114778114640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4114778114899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22147780,14778139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114778061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2147780,14778121482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311477805317



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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