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Locality Name:
Sunnyside & Volcano Mines (Sunnyside Mine Group; Volcano-Sunnyside Mine; Sunnyside Mine), Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33912
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33912.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sunnyside & Volcano Mines (Sunnyside Mine Group; Volcano-Sunnyside Mine; Sunnyside Mine), Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Horseshoe Mine (Horseshoe Claim)
Pina Mine
Volcano Mine

Latitude: 31°27'36"N
Longitude: 110°44'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.46,-110.745
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 C Cl Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Cl Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteChalcopyriteChenevixiteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeEnargiteKaoliniteMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Zunyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11466725707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2090
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)0481
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41146672910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114667239462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Zunyite  (*)NoneAl13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl086


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