Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mineral Mountain District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1110
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1050

mindat Locality ID: 31209
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31209.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineral Mountain District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bell Butte Area
Bobcat Mine
Buckeye West Mine
Chocia Mine
Dromedary Peak Area
Mineral Mountain Area
South Butte Area
Superior Area

Latitude: 33°11'16"N
Longitude: 111°12'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.187777777778,-111.20527777778

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	Allophane	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Ilvaite	Jalpaite	Lepidocrocite
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

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 Au Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Ilvaite Jalpaite Lepidocrocite
Malachite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Ilvaite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Kentrolite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Melanotekite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Opal ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Shattuckite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1110	1050	5	145740,145746,145749,145762,145780	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1110	1050	7	145740,145745,145746,145749,145762,145775,145780	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1110	1050	2	145755,145780	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1110	1050	2	145745,145780	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1110	1050	2	145763,145780	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	145740	5516
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1110	1050	1	145780	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1110	1050	6	145740,145746,145749,145762,145766,145780	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆			1	145740	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1110	1050	2	145745,145780	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1110	1050	1	145780	5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1110	1050	1	145780	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	145740,145767	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	145740	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1110	1050	5	145740,145745,145749,145762,145780	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1110	1050	4	145740,145745,145770,145780	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	145745	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1110	1050	1	145780	3846
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1110	1050	1	145780	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	145740	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1110	1050	1	145780	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	145740	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1110	1050	4	145740,145745,145755,145780	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1110	1050	10	145740,145745,145746,145749,145761,145762,145767,145769,145775,145780	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	145740	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	145772,145774	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1110	1050	4	145740,145745,145772,145780	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	145740	1689
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1110	1050	1	145780	243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	145740	1066
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1110	1050	1	145780	197
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1110	1050	1	145780	116
Kentrolite ()*	None	Pb₂Mn³⁺₂O₂(Si₂O₇)	1110	1050	1	145780	22
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1110	1050	1	145780	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1110	1050	3	145740,145770,145780	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1110	1050	1	145780	770
Melanotekite ()*	None	Pb₂Fe³⁺₂O₂(Si₂O₇)	1110	1050	1	145780	22
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1110	1050	1	145780	1107
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1110	1050	1	145780	2994
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	145745	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1110	1050	1	145780	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1110	1050	1	145780	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	145745	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1110	1050	5	145740,145745,145766,145770,145780	61156
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	1110	1050	1	145780	71
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1110	1050	1	145780	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1110	1050	2	145769,145780	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1110	1050	5	145740,145746,145749,145762,145780	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	145767	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1110	1050	1	145780	433
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1110	1050	1	145780	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1110	1050	2	145740,145780	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1110	1050	2	145761,145780	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
	Giersdorf_00000334	1110	1050	1080±30	K-Ar				UAKA-65-03						5897	Reymert Mine (Denoon Property; Devoux Property; Asia Claim; Australia Claim; America Claim; Africa Claim; Europe Claim; Alaska Shaft; Great Pacific), Reymert Canyon, Superior Area, Mineral Mountain District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Reymert Mine	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

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