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Locality Name:
Alto Hill, Salero Area, Tyndall District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 58865
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58865.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alto Hill, Salero Area, Tyndall District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Alto Mine Group (Alto Vein Swarm)

Latitude: 31°36'41"N
Longitude: 110°51'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.611388888889,-110.86027777778

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachite
MolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2147111,1471132793
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2147111,14711311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114711327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3147111,147112,1471135707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23147111,147113,14711827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11471114165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211471119895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3147111,147113,14711824243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32147113,14711814640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611471111066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411471135591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114711312537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211471135800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22147111,14711339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114711161156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11471112473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2147111,14711321482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2147112,1471131101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132147111,1471135317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22147111,1471132718



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