Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Miami-Inspiration Deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 64
Youngest recorded age at locality: 54.4

mindat Locality ID: 61612
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61612.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miami-Inspiration Deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Inspiration Mine
Keystone Vein

Latitude: 33°24'21"N
Longitude: 110°53'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.405833333333,-110.89861111111

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	Amorphous	Andalusite	Atacamite	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Turquoise

Allophane ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Berlinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Koechlinite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Lindgrenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H O P S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Andalusite Atacamite Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Turquoise

33 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	61.6	59.2	1	138444	470
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	61.6	59.2	1	138444	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	64	63	1	138446	5509
Berlinite ()*	Quartz	Al(PO₄)	61.6	59.2	1	138444	28
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	64	63	1	138447	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	64	63	1	138447	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	61.6	59.2	1	138444	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	64	63	2	138446,138447	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	64	63	3	138444,138446,138447	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	64	63	9	138444,138445,138446,138447,138449,138451,138452,138453,138454	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	64	63	1	138446	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	64	63	1	138447	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	64	63	3	138444,138446,138447	2970
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	61.6	59.2	1	138444	164
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	64	63	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	64	63	1	138447	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	64	54.4	1	138447	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	61.6	59.2	1	138444	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	61.6	59.2	1	138444	5591
Koechlinite ()*	None	Bi₂MoO₆	61.6	59.2	1	138444	39
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	64	63	1	138446	234
Lindgrenite ()*	None	Cu₃(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₂(OH)₂	61.6	59.2	3	138444,138446,138447	21
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	64	63	7	138444,138445,138446,138447,138449,138453,138454	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	64	59.2	3	138444,138446,138447	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	64	54.4	2	138444,138447	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	61.6	59.2	1	138444	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	64	54.4	1	138447	2349
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	64	54.4	1	138451	306
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	61.6	59.2	2	138444,138447	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	64	63	3	138444,138446,138447	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	64	54.4	5	138444,138445,138446,138447,138449	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	64	63	0		21482
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	64	63	0		484

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	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
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
PorphCu-00125	64	63	64–63				Atacamite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Turquoise	Cu	61612	Miami-Inspiration Deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Miami–Inspiration	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Mo-00258	61.6	59.2		K-Ar			Koechlinite, Lindgrenite, Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	50636	Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration Deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA		Creasey (1980)	10.2113/gsecongeo.75.6.830	EG75_830
Mo-00280	61.6	59.2		K-Ar		Yes	Powellite, Szenicsite	Mo	61469	Carlota Mine (Carlotta Mine; Carlota Property; Carlota Deposit; Cactus Deposit; Brewery Mine; Brewery Claims; Alexander Mine), Top Of The World, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA		Creasey (1980)	10.2113/gsecongeo.75.6.830	EG75_830

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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