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Locality Name:
Summit District, Pinal Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 58631
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58631.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Summit District, Pinal Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Hutton Peak
Hutton Peak Area
Pinal Ranch Quadrangle
Top Of The World

Latitude: 33°20'25"N
Longitude: 110°59'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.340277777778,-110.98333333333
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFluoriteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411459615516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26145948,145951,145954,145956,145961,14596427198
Copper  (*)CopperCu11459513846
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1145964345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211459619617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114596424243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114596414640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611459642228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114594812537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22145961,1459645800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22145958,14596117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27145948,145951,145954,145956,145958,145961,14596439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114596461156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3145958,145961,1459644894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2145960,14596421482


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