Predictive Mineralogy
Possible unrecorded species at Miami Mine, Miami-Inspiration deposit, Miami, Miami-Inspiration Mining District, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
This table is based on statistical analysis of other localities containing similar species to the ones found at this locality.
Possible missing species | Formula | Match % | Due to recorded presence of |
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Quartz | SiO2 | 99.99% | Acanthite (72.42 %), Aikinite (84.42 %), Azurite (64.09 %), Chalcocite (63.99 %), Chalcopyrite (67.26 %), Chrysocolla (61.53 %), Covellite (76.39 %), Enargite (75.17 %), Galena (65.16 %), Halloysite (64.87 %), Muscovite (80.32 %), Kaolinite (71.35 %), Malachite (61.21 %), Nontronite (67.88 %), Pyrite (67.27 %), Rutile (72.22 %) |
Calcite | CaCO3 | 88.75% | Acanthite (51.71 %), Aikinite (51.95 %), Nontronite (51.54 %) |
Sphalerite | ZnS | 79.87% | Acanthite (62.85 %), Aikinite (76.10 %), Chalcopyrite (50.66 %), Covellite (64.68 %), Enargite (70.24 %), Galena (65.95 %) |
Silver | Ag | 50.31% | Acanthite (50.32 %) |
Gold | Au | 42.38% | Aikinite (52.99 %) |
Key: Mineral matches key element mineralogy of deposit Key element(s) in mineral not listed for deposit (-20% score)
Predicting paragenetic modes of deposit
Green indicates almost certain match based on minerals unique to a certain deposit type. Yellow indicates a possibly poor match, but should not be entirely discounted. Scores > 100 indicate strong confidence.