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Locality Name:
Cuprite Mine Group, Beuhman Hill, Mount Fagan, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36062
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36062.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cuprite Mine Group, Beuhman Hill, Mount Fagan, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cuprite Mine (Side Issue; Solo; Copper Vision; Copper Top; Copper Collar; Copper Chief)

Latitude: 31°55'40"N
Longitude: 110°42'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.927777777778,-110.70916666667
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 Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelWollastonite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211443995509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411443995516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11443995707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114439927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11443993531
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11443998173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114439924243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4114439914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114439912537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211443995800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114439939462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS114439921482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11443991101
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311443991247


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