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Locality Name:
Clifton, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3299
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3299.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clifton, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Chase Creek Headwaters
Clifton No. 1 Silica Pit
Hargo Mine
Longfellow Mine (Ofarizona Copper Co. Group [in Part]; Longfellow Incline)
Metcalf Mines (Arizona Copper Co. Group; Metcalf Open Pit)
Modoc Mountain
North Of Clifton
San Francisco River Area
Shannon Mountain
Yavapai Mine (Arizona Copper Co. Group [in Part])

Latitude: 33°6'24"N
Longitude: 109°21'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.106666666667,-109.36277777778

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Covellite	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sepiolite	Spangolite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Epidote ()*
Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Offretite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Spangolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Willemite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Covellite Epidote Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sepiolite Spangolite Sphalerite Spinel

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	139748	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	139743,139744,139751	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	139744,139751	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	139748	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2	139744,139751	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	139743,139744,139751	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	139743,139751	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	139742	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	139740	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	139743,139744	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	139744	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	139743,139744	2970
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	1	139740	164
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	139743,139751	8173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	139748	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	139743,139744	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	139743,139744,139751	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	139743,139744	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	139744	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	139744,139751	17380
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	139749	146
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	139743,139744,139751	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	139744,139748,139750	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	139747	241
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	139750	2473
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	1	139744	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	139743,139751	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	139743	2562
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	139746	303

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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