Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Horse Mountain Area, Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 276149
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276149.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Horse Mountain Area, Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Unnamed Copper Prospect (13)
Unnamed Pb-Cu-Mo Prospect
Unnamed Pb-Zn Prospect (1)

Latitude: 32°58'40"N
Longitude: 110°20'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.977777777778,-110.33888888889

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.

Allophane	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

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: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Malachite None Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	56	33.9	2	139297,139298	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	56	33.9	1	139297	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	56	33.9	2	139296,139297	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	56	33.9	1	139297	3531
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	56	33.9	1	139297	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	56	33.9	1	139297	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	56	33.9	2	139296,139297	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	56	33.9	1	139298	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	56	33.9	1	139298	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	56	33.9	1	139297	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
	sedznpb-00443	56	33.9	Eocene?							Yes				29785	Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA	Aravaipa	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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