Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 59106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Littleshot Camp, Madera Canyon, Old Baldy District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Copper Queen Mine (Old Madera Mine)
Iron Cliff Prospect (Littleshot Prospect; Little Shot Mine; Velvet Mine)
Lucky Ledge Mine
Old Baldy Prospects
Velvet Mine

Latitude: 31°42'28"N
Longitude: 110°50'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.707777777778,-110.83805555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

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 Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Malachite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	146997	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	146995	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	146996	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	146997	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	146998	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	146994,146995,146996,146997,146998	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	146994,146996,146997	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	146995,146997	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	146997	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	146994	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	146997	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	146994,146996,146997	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	146997	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	146997	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	146995,146996,146998	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	146997	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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