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Locality Name:
Silver Belt-McCabe Vein, Galena Gulch Area, McCabe, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 62370
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62370.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Belt-McCabe Vein, Galena Gulch Area, McCabe, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Arizona National Mine (Anderson Mine)
Gladstone Western Extension Mine (Gladstone Westerly Extension Claim)
Lookout Mine (Look Out Mine; Lookout Property)
McCabe-Gladstone Mine (McCabe Mine; Gladstone Mine; Monopolist Claim; Sink To Rise Claim; Gladstone Claim)
Rebel Mine
Silver Belt Mine (Richmond Patent MS 803 Claim; Cabinet Silver Patent MS 1293 Claim)

Latitude: 34°29'11"N
Longitude: 112°16'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.486388888889,-112.27694444444
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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteMica
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11475702793
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23147570,147572,1475753092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11475739052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2147570,14757511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114757027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11475754979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11475735707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23147570,147572,14757327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11475751382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11475734165
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121147570663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4147570,147572,147573,14757524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2147572,14757330554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114757317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23147570,147572,14757339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22147570,14757361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg3147570,147573,1475755186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4147570,147572,147573,14757521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311475735317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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