Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Vekol District, Vekol Mts, Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 59213
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59213.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vekol District, Vekol Mts, Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Copperosity Hills (Cathedral Rock)
Kohatk
Kohatk Area
Sif Vaya Area

Latitude: 32°34'14"N
Longitude: 112°7'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.570555555556,-112.12027777778

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Fornacite
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Boleite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fornacite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Willemite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Fornacite
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Molybdenite Nickeline None Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	146301	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	146301	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	146314	3092
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	146301	919
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	1	146301	65
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	146304	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	146296,146301,146308,146311,146314	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	146300,146304	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	146301,146304	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	3	146301,146304,146314	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	5	146300,146301,146304,146308,146311	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	146301,146308	3846
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	146301	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	146301,146314	9895
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	2	146301,146304	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	146296,146301	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	146296,146304,146311	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	146300,146301,146308	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	146304	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	146300,146301	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	146301,146304	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	146301	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	146300,146301,146304,146308,146311	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	146304	5800
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	146301	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	146301,146304	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	146301	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	146301	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	146304,146314	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	146301	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	146301,146304,146311	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	146301,146312	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	146301,146304	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	146301	5317
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	146301	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	146301	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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