Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Anaconda Mine Group, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 68.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65.4

mindat Locality ID: 34323
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34323.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anaconda Mine Group, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Double Header Mine (Double Header Prospect)
Little Joker Mine (Little Joker Prospect)
Philadelphia Mine (Philadelphia Prospect)
Silver Cave Mine (Silver Cave Prospect)
St. Louis Mine (St. Louis Prospect)
Ultimo Mine (Ultima Mine; Ultimo Prospect)

Latitude: 31°38'3"N
Longitude: 110°47'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.634166666667,-110.79972222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Cl O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	68.4	65.4	0		2793
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	68.4	65.4	2	147194,147196	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	68.4	65.4	4	147192,147194,147196,147197	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	68.4	65.4	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	68.4	65.4	2	147194,147196	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	68.4	65.4	2	147196,147197	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	68.4	65.4	0		1382
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	68.4	65.4	1	147196	127
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	68.4	65.4	5	147192,147193,147194,147196,147197	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	68.4	65.4	2	147194,147196	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	68.4	65.4	1	147196	915
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	68.4	65.4	1	147196	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	68.4	65.4	2	147196,147197	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	68.4	65.4	1	147192	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	68.4	65.4	2	147192,147196	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	68.4	65.4	4	147192,147194,147196,147197	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000357	68.4	65.4	66.9±1.5	K-Ar	Age of mineralization of quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration assemblage in Triassic volcanic rock			UAKA-73-158		Yes				34320	Wrightson District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	Mount Wrightston Quad.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

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