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Locality Name:
Hardshell Mine (Manto Mine; Eagle-Picher Properties), Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 7989
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7989.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hardshell Mine (Manto Mine; Eagle-Picher Properties), Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Camden Claim
Hardshell No. 2 Claim

Latitude: 31°27'29"N
Longitude: 110°42'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.458055555556,-110.71416666667
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 Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrauniteCalciteClayCopperCorundumDescloiziteGypsum
KaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSpinel

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Braunite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cornubite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Nsutite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)0483
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11466951382
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40109
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)0378
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O40350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)0770
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x0121
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl071
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060926Hardshell Mine (Manto Mine; Eagle-Picher Properties), Hardshell Gulch, Harshaw, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060926

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