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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

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 Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
MalachiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)
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
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114699611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114699727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11469985707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25146994,146995,146996,146997,14699827198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3146994,146996,1469978173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2146995,14699724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu114699730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114699414640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4114699714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23146994,146996,14699712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114699717380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11469972349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23146995,146996,14699839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114699761156



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