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Locality Name:
Mowry Mine (Patagonia Mine; Enterprise Mine; Phoenix Mine), Mowry Hill, Mowry Wash, Mowry, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 16701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16701.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mowry Mine (Patagonia Mine; Enterprise Mine; Phoenix Mine), Mowry Hill, Mowry Wash, Mowry, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°25'41"N
Longitude: 110°42'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.428055555556,-110.70305555556

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	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Coronadite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Siderite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Coronadite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica None Pyrite
Pyrochlore Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	65	65	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	65	65	2734
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	65	65	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	65	65	9052
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	65	65	450
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	65	65	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	65	65	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	65	27198
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	65	65	599
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	65	65	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	65	65	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	65	65	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	65	65	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	65	65	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	65	65	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	65	65	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	65	65	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	65	65	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	65	65	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	65	65	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	65	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	65	65	3106
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	65	65	6417
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	65	65	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	65	65	1655

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
	Mo-00271	65	65								Yes		Molybdenite, Wulfenite	Mo	53936	Santo Niño Mine Area, San Antonio Canyon, Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	Santo Nino Mine	Corn (1975)	10.2113/gsecongeo.70.8.1437	EG70_1437

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