Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Irene Mine (Irene Group/vein; Dunkirk & Kentucky Claims; Comstock Prop.; American Manganese Mine; Liberty Dep.; New Doughboy; Old Doughboy), Irene Gulch, Midland City, 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: 50638
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50638.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Irene Mine (Irene Group/vein; Dunkirk & Kentucky Claims; Comstock Prop.; American Manganese Mine; Liberty Dep.; New Doughboy; Old Doughboy), Irene Gulch, Midland City, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°26'11"N
Longitude: 110°47'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.436388888889,-110.78694444444

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Corundum	Descloizite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	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: C Cl Fe H Mn O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cl Fe H Mn O Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Corundum Descloizite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Cerussite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Willemite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	57.2	54.4	4979
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	57.2	54.4	378
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	57.2	54.4	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	57.2	54.4	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	57.2	54.4	1689
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	57.2	54.4	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	57.2	54.4	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	57.2	54.4	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	57.2	54.4	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	57.2	54.4	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	57.2	54.4	303

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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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