Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Gold Gulch, Morenci, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 56

mindat Locality ID: 260288
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260288.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gold Gulch, Morenci, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gold Gulch Placers
Lakemen Mine (Missble Mine [Missable Mine ?])

Latitude: 33°3'46"N
Longitude: 109°24'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.062777777778,-109.40694444444

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	Alunite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schwertmannite ()*	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: Al Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

14 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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	56	56	0		27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	56	56	1	139798	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	56	56	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	56	56	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	56	56	1	139798	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	56	56	0		14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	56	56	0		2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	56	56	1	139798	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	56	56	1	139799	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	56	56	0		186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	56	56	1	139799	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	56	56	0		61156
Schwertmannite ()*	Coronadite	Fe³⁺₁₆O₁₆(OH)_9.6(SO₄)_3.2·10H₂O	56	56	0		37
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	56	56	0		21482

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
	PorphCu-00016	56	56	56							Yes		Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Gypsum, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Torbernite, Wollastonite	Cu	5436	Morenci Mine (Morenci Pit; Phelps Dodge Morenci Mine; Morenci-Metcalf), Morenci, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA	Morenci–Metcalf	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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