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Locality Name:
Madera Canyon, Old Baldy District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 59101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Madera Canyon, Old Baldy District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Carrie Nation Mine (Square Deal Prospect)
Daniels Mine (Sun Lode Molybdenum Mine)
Lead Prospect
Littleshot Camp
Spear Prospect
White House

Latitude: 31°42'33"N
Longitude: 110°52'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.709166666667,-110.86972222222
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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11469978803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11469959052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211469925509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114699611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411469905516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114699727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11469924979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11469985707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS29146990,146992,146994,146995,146996,146997,146998,146999,14700127198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11469992970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3146994,146996,1469978173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5146990,146992,146995,146997,14699924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu114699730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33146990,146994,14699914640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611470012228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4114699714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26146990,146992,146994,146996,146997,14699912537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22146990,1470015800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114699717380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11469972349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27146990,146992,146995,146996,146998,146999,14700139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23146992,146997,14700161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2146990,14699221482


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