Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ord Mine (Ord Mercury Mine; Ord Group; Indian Claims), Slate Creek, Reno Pass, Sunflower District (Mazatzal Mountains District; Quicksilver District), Mazatzal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 52536
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52536.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ord Mine (Ord Mercury Mine; Ord Group; Indian Claims), Slate Creek, Reno Pass, Sunflower District (Mazatzal Mountains District; Quicksilver District), Mazatzal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°57'26"N
Longitude: 111°23'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.957222222222,-111.39777777778

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite	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: Al As Ba C Cu Fe H Hg K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Cu Fe H Hg K O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Malachite Mica None Pyrite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	65	2.6	11547
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	65	2.6	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	2.6	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	65	2.6	2600
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	65	2.6	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	65	2.6	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	65	2.6	397
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	65	2.6	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	2.6	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	65	2.6	6417
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	65	2.6	1803

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
	Hg-00089	65	2.6								Yes		Calomel, Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Eglestonite	Hg	31579	Sunflower District (Mazatzal Mountains District; Quicksilver District), Mazatzal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA		Beckman and Kerns (1965); Eastoe et al. (1990)

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