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Locality Name:
Maricopa County Belt, Sunflower District (Mazatzal Mountains District; Quicksilver District), Mazatzal Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 57000
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57000.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maricopa County Belt, Sunflower District (Mazatzal Mountains District; Quicksilver District), Mazatzal Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Maricopa Quicksilver Mines Company Claims (Maricopa Group; IRL Group [?])
Maricopa Quicksilver Mines Company Claims (Maricopa Group)
McDevitt Group Of Claims
Quicksilver King Group Of Claims
Sunflower Mine (Sunflower Group Of Claims; Arizona Sunflower Group; National Group)
Tatum Group Of Claims (Lost Packer Group)

Latitude: 33°57'45"N
Longitude: 111°29'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.9625,-111.48611111111
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 As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteMalachiteNonePyriteQuartzSphalerite
Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calomel  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211411373419
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211411373092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2141137,14114227770
Calomel  (*)NoneHgCl114113791
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS9141132,141134,141137,141139,141140,141141,141142,141143,1411442600
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11411378173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114114214640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114114112537
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1141137397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS1141137255
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22141137,14113939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22141137,14113961156
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311411371803


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