Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Dioptase at Christmas Mine (Red Bird Shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry Shafts), Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 64Ma - 63Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00010	64	63		Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cubanite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	3326	Christmas Mine (Red Bird Shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry Shafts), Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Mineralization age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
PorphCu-00010	64	63		Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cubanite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	3326	Christmas Mine (Red Bird Shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry Shafts), Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Locality age (remote)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
EG94_211-00024	76	76				31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Bouse et al. (1999)	EG94_211
EG94_211-00025	76	76				31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Bouse et al. (1999)	EG94_211
EG94_211-00026	72	72				31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Bouse et al. (1999)	EG94_211
EG94_211-00027	62	62				31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Bouse et al. (1999)	EG94_211
EG94_211-00028	62	62				31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Bouse et al. (1999)	EG94_211