Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
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: 31579
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31579.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sunflower District (Mazatzal Mountains District; Quicksilver District), Mazatzal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Alder Creek Area
Baker Mountain Area
Cyprus Group
Deer Creek Village Area
Gila County Belt
Kayler Butte Area
Malone Mountain Area
Mount Ord Area
Reno Pass
Wimpy Claims

Latitude: 33°57'18"N
Longitude: 111°23'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.955,-111.38388888889

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	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Eglestonite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl H Hg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

17 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	65	2.6	3	138591,138606,138610	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	65	2.6	2	138611,138616	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	65	2.6	4	138591,138602,138606,138609	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	65	2.6	0		91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	65	2.6	1	138616	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	2.6	4	138591,138606,138610,138616	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	65	2.6	8	138591,138602,138603,138606,138609,138613,138616,138617	2600
Eglestonite ()*	None	([Hg¹⁺]₂)₃OCl₃(OH)	65	2.6	0		36
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	65	2.6	1	138616	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	65	2.6	5	138591,138606,138609,138610,138616	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	65	2.6	2	138606,138616	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	65	2.6	2	138591,138606	255
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	65	2.6	1	138616	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	2.6	3	138591,138606,138616	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	65	2.6	3	138591,138606,138616	6417
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	65	2.6	2	138606,138618	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	65	2.6	1	138616	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										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)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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