Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Phoenix Area, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 52651
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52651.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Phoenix Area, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sam Hughes Claims

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arcanite	Calcite	Clay	Fairchildite	None	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite

Arcanite ()*	Bütschliite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Fairchildite ()*
Kalicinite ()*	Lime ()*	Magnesite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nesquehonite ()*
Periclase ()*	Sylvite ()*	Vaterite ()*

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 Cl H Hg K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arcanite Calcite Clay Fairchildite None Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)	0		30
Bütschliite ()*	None	K₂Ca(CO₃)₂	0		11
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	141228	2600
Fairchildite ()*	Fairchildite	K₂Ca(CO₃)₂	0		10
Kalicinite ()*	None	KH(CO₃)	0		7
Lime ()*	Rocksalt	CaO	0		11
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0		1487
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	0		80
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	0		114
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	0		275
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	0		37

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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