Alamo Springs Area Pyrophyllite deposit, La Paz County, Arizona, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Alamo Springs Area Pyrophyllite deposit | Spring |
La Paz County | County |
Arizona | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 26' 13'' North , 113° 53' 48'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Brenda | 676 (2011) | 27.3km |
La Paz Valley | 699 (2011) | 35.6km |
Vicksburg | 597 (2011) | 36.7km |
Quartzsite | 3,626 (2017) | 39.8km |
Utting | 126 (2011) | 44.7km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Quartzsite Roadrunners Gem & Mineral Club | Quartzsite, Arizona | 40km |
Mindat Locality ID:
42931
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:42931:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0d339f05-aab4-4a70-83e6-d4ad6f8da06b
Ref.: Anthony, J.W., Williams, and Bideaux (1977) Mineralogy of Arizona. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 264 pp.
Elevatorski, E.A. (1978), Arizona Industrial Minerals, Arizona Department of Mineral Resources, Minerals Report No. 2: 70.
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 #10060212, MRDS ID #TC10176; and, Dep. ID #10186520, MAS ID #0040120020.
A Pyrophyllite deposit located in sec. 10, T1N, R16W, 27 miles SE of Quartzsite, on federal land.
Mineralization is pyrophyllite in veins.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Pyrophyllite Formula: Al2Si4O10(OH)2 Description: Dep. 8 ft. (2.5 meters) wide & extending some 3,000 ft. (950 meters). |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
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ⓘ | Pyrophyllite | 9.EC.10 | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Pyrophyllite | Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10060212 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Mojave DomainDomain
USA
- Arizona
- Kofa National Wildlife RefugeWildlife Refuge
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