Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 43063
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43063.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
American Peak
Aztec Gulch
Blue Eagle And Exposed Reef Group
Flux Gulch
Hampson Mine (Hampson Prospect)
Humboldt Mine
Morning Glory Mine
Standard And Thunder Prospects (Thunder And Standard Mine Group)
Sunnyside & Volcano Mines (Sunnyside Mine Group; Volcano-Sunnyside Mine; Sunnyside Mine)
Trench And Josephine Mine Group (Josephine Mines; Trench Group Of Claims; Lunch Cans Prospect)
World's Fair Mine (Henry Ford Mine; Bonnie Carrie Mine)

Latitude: 31°28'21"N
Longitude: 110°44'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.4725,-110.73888888889

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alum	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Devilline	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote
Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	Minium	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur
Tetrahedrite	Tridymite	Wurtzite

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 F Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alum Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Devilline Diaspore Enargite Epidote
Halotrichite Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Mica Minium Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Polybasite
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur
Tetrahedrite Tridymite Wurtzite

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Alum-(Na) ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenevixite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Halite ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*
Minium ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Saponite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tridymite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Zunyite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	4	146654,146659,146660,146662	2793
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	3	146675,146676,146677	312
Alum-(Na) ()*	Alum	NaAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	146659	12
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4	146654,146664,146666,146669	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	146669	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	146659	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	146659	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	146665,146677	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5	146652,146654,146655,146664,146665	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	146665	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	7	146659,146660,146662,146664,146674,146675,146677	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2	146654,146656	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	8	146652,146655,146658,146663,146665,146667,146672,146677	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15	146652,146654,146655,146656,146658,146659,146660,146663,146664,146665,146666,146667,146668,146669,146677	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	2	146664,146669	90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	146659	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	146655,146669	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	146669	481
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	146672	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	146654,146658,146659,146665	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	3	146658,146675,146677	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	12	146654,146655,146658,146659,146660,146662,146664,146665,146669,146675,146676,146677	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	146659,146669	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	146669	30554
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	146658	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	146659	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	146655,146658,146659,146663,146665,146669,146675	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	146659	1689
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	1	146677	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	146659	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	146654,146659,146664,146666,146669	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	146659	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	146669	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	146652,146669	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	1	146659	202
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1	146659	247
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	146666,146668	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	146652,146654,146658,146659,146664,146669,146675	17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	2	146675,146677	249
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	17	146652,146654,146655,146656,146658,146659,146660,146662,146663,146664,146665,146666,146667,146668,146672,146675,146677	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	146659	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	146659,146675	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	146654,146669	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	146659,146675	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	3	146664,146675,146676	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	146677	969
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	146659	301
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	146659	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	146659	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	146677	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	146675	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	13	146654,146655,146658,146659,146660,146662,146664,146665,146669,146674,146675,146676,146677	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	146654,146656,146660	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	146669	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	146654,146669	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	6	146655,146664,146666,146668,146675,146677	5317
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	146652	458
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	146659	605
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	1	146669	86

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060088	Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R060088
R110204	Flux Mine (Goshen Mine), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R110204

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