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Locality Name:
Copper Hill, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 57.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 54.4

mindat Locality ID: 262395
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262395.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Hill, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Big Johnnie Gulch
Black Peak Area

Latitude: 33°26'37"N
Longitude: 110°45'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.443611111111,-110.76611111111

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	Adelite	Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 O Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Fluorite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

25 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	57.2	54.4	1	138291	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	57.2	54.4	1	138295	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	57.2	54.4	1	138280	3092
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	57.2	54.4	1	138280	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	57.2	54.4	10	138288,138289,138295,138297,138301,138310,138311,138312,138315,138316	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	57.2	54.4	6	138280,138304,138305,138308,138309,138318	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	57.2	54.4	4	138280,138286,138304,138308	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	57.2	54.4	1	138293	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	57.2	54.4	5	138280,138284,138286,138288,138304	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	57.2	54.4	2	138305,138318	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	57.2	54.4	1	138291	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	57.2	54.4	1	138280	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	57.2	54.4	6	138284,138286,138288,138291,138292,138308	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	57.2	54.4	3	138280,138291,138295	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	57.2	54.4	8	138280,138284,138287,138288,138291,138292,138308,138318	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	57.2	54.4	5	138280,138284,138288,138304,138308	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	57.2	54.4	3	138280,138289,138311	770
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	57.2	54.4	1	138286	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	57.2	54.4	2	138308,138318	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	57.2	54.4	11	138280,138289,138296,138297,138301,138310,138312,138313,138315,138316,138319	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	57.2	54.4	2	138280,138316	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	57.2	54.4	1	138280	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	57.2	54.4	1	138320	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	57.2	54.4	1	138280	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	57.2	54.4	1	138308	2718

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_00000367	57.2	54.4	55.8±1.4	K-Ar				UAKA-69-10		Yes				24945	Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Globe Quad.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

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