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Locality Name:
Meadow Valley Flat, Redrock District, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 59110
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59110.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meadow Valley Flat, Redrock District, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hale Prospect No. 2 (Hale Group)
Meadow Valley Mine

Latitude: 31°30'59"N
Longitude: 110°36'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.516388888889,-110.60166666667
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: Ag C Cl Cu Fe H O S Sb 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteChalcopyriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSpinelTetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11469372793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211469365509
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114693727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11469371382
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11469362970
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4114693714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114693612537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114693739462
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11469371101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311469365317


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