Sulfa group (Saffire group), Ellsworth Mining District, Granite Wash Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Sulfa group (Saffire group) | - not defined - |
Ellsworth Mining District | Mining District |
Granite Wash Mountains | Mountain Range |
La Paz County | County |
Arizona | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 48' 42'' North , 113° 44' 31'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Köppen climate type:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Quartzsite Roadrunners Gem & Mineral Club | Quartzsite, Arizona | 48km |
Mindat Locality ID:
185661
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:185661:6
GUID (UUID V4):
e226c141-3f35-4f79-9f8d-f70387d32a99
Ref.: Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals, 2nd. Edition, Arizona Department of Mines & Minerals Mineral Report 4, 185 pp.
Peirce, H. Wesley (1990), Arizona Geological Survey Industrial Minerals card file.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10060209, MRDS ID #TC10173.
A Kyanite occurrence.
Mineralization includes some high-grade segregations of kyanite.
Mr. Steve Reynolds has reported kyanite occurrences in Mesozoic schists and altered Mesozoic rocks in sec. 28, T6N, R14W and andalusite-rich schist from Mesozoic pelitic rocks and hydrothermally altered Jurassic volcanoes in the W½ sec. 7, T5N, R14W, which might be associated with this deposit.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
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ⓘ | Kyanite | 9.AF.15 | Al2(SiO4)O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Kyanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Kyanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Kyanite | Al2(SiO4)O |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10060209 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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