Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Montosa Canyon, Tyndall District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 50677
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50677.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montosa Canyon, Tyndall District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Devil's Cash Box Ridge
Montosa Mine (Montosa Group Of Claims)
Nash Mines Group (Duquesne-Washington Group)
Pluto Claim (Pluto Patent)
Westinghouse Mine (Westinghouse Property; Davis Property)

Latitude: 31°40'9"N
Longitude: 110°53'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.669166666667,-110.89833333333

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Bornite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	147087	5516
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	147087,147091	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	147085,147087,147088,147089,147091	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	147087	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	147087	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	147087	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	147085,147087,147088,147089,147091	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	147087,147091,147093	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	147087	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	147087	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	147085,147087,147088,147089,147091	39462
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	147085	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	147085,147087,147088,147089,147091	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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