Ajo Mountains Zeolite occurrence, Ajo Mountains, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Pima County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Ajo Mountains Zeolite occurrence | Occurrence |
| Ajo Mountains | Mountain Range |
| Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument | National Monument |
| Pima County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 1' 30'' North , 112° 40' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Adolfo López Mateos | 201 (2014) | 21.1km |
| Colinas de Sonoidag | 289 (2014) | 23.8km |
| Sonoita | 12,849 (2018) | 25.2km |
| Ali Chuk | 161 (2011) | 25.5km |
| Why | 167 (2017) | 27.9km |
Mindat Locality ID:
189526
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:189526:4
GUID (UUID V4):
980ea73b-3403-49cc-b1b2-f7ea92d54fe0
Ref.: Eyde, Ted H. (1978), Arizona Zeolites, Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Mineral Report No. 1: 25-26.
Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals, 2nd. Edition, Arizona Department of Mines & Minerals Mineral Report 4, 185 pp.
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10062337, MRDS ID #TC35703; and, Dep. ID #10283548, MAS ID #0040190895.
A surface zeolite occurrence located in the SW¼ T16S, R4W (estimated location), near stop No. 9 of the Loop Road, West side of the Ajo Mountains, in the National Monument.
Mineralization is a flow enclosed zeolitized tuff bed containing fragments which have been altered to clinoptilolite.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'Clinoptilolite Subgroup' Formula: M3-6(Si30Al6)O72 · 20H2O |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Unclassified | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | 'Clinoptilolite Subgroup' | - | M3-6(Si30Al6)O72 · 20H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Clinoptilolite Subgroup | M3-6(Si30Al6)O72 · 20H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Clinoptilolite Subgroup | M3-6(Si30Al6)O72 · 20H2O |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Clinoptilolite Subgroup | M3-6(Si30Al6)O72 · 20H2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Clinoptilolite Subgroup | M3-6(Si30Al6)O72 · 20H2O |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10283548 |
|---|
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Mexico
- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- ⭔Tohono O'odham ReservationReservation
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