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Locality Name:
Rose Creek Lodge Area, Workman Creek Valley, Sierra Ancha District, Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 275705
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275705.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rose Creek Lodge Area, Workman Creek Valley, Sierra Ancha District, Sierra Ancha Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hope Mine (Hope Deposit)

Latitude: 33°50'14"N
Longitude: 110°56'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.837222222222,-110.94944444444
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo Na O Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteGypsumMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyriteRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)113915127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2113915127198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211391519617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS113915124243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11391516890
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211391515674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211391515800
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1139151471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11391512994
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1139151144
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2113915139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811391519056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS113915121482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211391512718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1139151890


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