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Locality Name:
Moss Vein, Oatman, San Francisco District, Oatman District (San Francisco District; Union Pass District), Black Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 56763
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56763.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moss Vein, Oatman, San Francisco District, Oatman District (San Francisco District; Union Pass District), Black Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Midway Moss Mine
Moss Mine
San Francisco Moss Mine

Latitude: 35°5'57"N
Longitude: 114°26'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.099166666667,-114.44666666667
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 F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumFluoriteMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartz
Scheelite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114190727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11419075707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114190727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11419073531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211419079617
Gold  (*)CopperAu114190730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114190714640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211419075674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114190739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114190761156
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411419071655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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