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Locality Name:
Moon Anchor Mine (Aggravation Mine; East Vulture Mining Co. Mine), Hummingbird Spring, Osborn District, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 6082
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6082.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moon Anchor Mine (Aggravation Mine; East Vulture Mining Co. Mine), Hummingbird Spring, Osborn District, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°38'32"N
Longitude: 113°'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.642222222222,-113.01333333333
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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAjoiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteDescloiziteFluoriteFornaciteIranite
MiniumMonaziteMordeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakiteRocksaltWickenburgite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Ajoite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Crocoite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Duftite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hemihedrite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Macphersonite  (*)Maricopaite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Molybdofornacite  (*)Phoenicochroite  (*)Shattuckite  (*)
Vauquelinite  (*)Wickenburgite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ajoite  (*)AjoiteK3Cu2+20Al3Si29O76(OH)16·8H2O011
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)081
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)0378
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)0220
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)085
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hemihedrite  (*)IraniteZnPb10(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2014
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Macphersonite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2011
Maricopaite  (*)MordeniteCa2Pb7(Si36Al12)O99·n(H2O,OH)01
Massicot  (*)NonePbO0202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O40247
Molybdofornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)017
Phoenicochroite  (*)NonePb2O(CrO4)035
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2071
Vauquelinite  (*)NoneCuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)063
Wickenburgite  (*)WickenburgitePb3CaAl2Si10O27·4H2O014
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO40303


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120147Moon Anchor Mine (Aggravation Mine; East Vulture Mining Co. Mine), Hummingbird Spring, Osborn District, Big Horn Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R120147

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