Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Safford Mine (Dos Pobres Mine; Dos Pobres Ore Body; Los Pobres; Safford Phelps Dodge; Phelps Dodge Safford Project; Arrowhead Mine), Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 75
Youngest recorded age at locality: 48

mindat Locality ID: 131709
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131709.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Safford Mine (Dos Pobres Mine; Dos Pobres Ore Body; Los Pobres; Safford Phelps Dodge; Phelps Dodge Safford Project; Arrowhead Mine), Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°57'41"N
Longitude: 109°40'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.961388888889,-109.67388888889

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	Chalcopyrite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite

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 Cu Fe H Mo O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Molybdenite None Pyrite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	57	48	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	57	48	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	57	48	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	57	48	3531
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	57	48	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	57	48	39462

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	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
EG94_211-00043	58	58	58	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	SF34	Yes			51348	Lone Star Mine (Lone Star Group; Lone Star Deposit), Lone Star Mountain, Lone Star, Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA	Safford	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00038	75	75		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	SF17	Yes			44392	Safford, Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA	Safford	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00039	69	69	69	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	SF21	Yes			44392	Safford, Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA	Safford	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00040	69	69	69	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	SF23	Yes			44392	Safford, Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA	Safford	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00041	58	58	58	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	SF32				131709	Safford Mine (Dos Pobres Mine; Dos Pobres Ore Body; Los Pobres; Safford Phelps Dodge; Phelps Dodge Safford Project; Arrowhead Mine), Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA	Safford	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00042	58	58	58	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	SF33				131709	Safford Mine (Dos Pobres Mine; Dos Pobres Ore Body; Los Pobres; Safford Phelps Dodge; Phelps Dodge Safford Project; Arrowhead Mine), Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA	Safford	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
NAVDAT-30057	66	54	60±6			30057				131709	Safford Mine (Dos Pobres Mine; Dos Pobres Ore Body; Los Pobres; Safford Phelps Dodge; Phelps Dodge Safford Project; Arrowhead Mine), Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
PorphCu-00151	57	48	57–48					Actinolite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Turquoise	Cu	131709	Safford Mine (Dos Pobres Mine; Dos Pobres Ore Body; Los Pobres; Safford Phelps Dodge; Phelps Dodge Safford Project; Arrowhead Mine), Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA	Safford	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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