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Locality Name:
Morenci Mine (Morenci Pit; Phelps Dodge Morenci Mine; Morenci-Metcalf), 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: 5436
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5436.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morenci Mine (Morenci Pit; Phelps Dodge Morenci Mine; Morenci-Metcalf), 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:
Clay Orebody
Shannon Pit

Latitude: 33°5'26"N
Longitude: 109°21'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.090555555556,-109.36583333333

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Brackebuschite	Brochantite
Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite
Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melanterite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Plancheite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Talc	Titanite	Turquoise
Wollastonite

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Brackebuschite Brochantite
Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite
Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Melanterite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Plancheite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Talc Titanite Turquoise
Wollastonite

78 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Akaganeite ()*	Allophane ()*	Alunite ()*
Andradite ()*	Anilite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aurorite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*
Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*
Diadochite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dioptase ()*	Djurleite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*
Idaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Plancheite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tsumebite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	56	56	0		2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	56	56	0		3419
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	56	56	0		63
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	56	56	0		470
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	56	56	0		966
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	56	56	0		1534
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	56	56	0		88
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	56	56	1	139806	246
Aurorite ()*	None	Mn²⁺Mn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	56	56	0		22
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	56	56	1	139807	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	56	56	0		5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	56	56	0		1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	56	56	0		27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	56	56	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	56	56	0		5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	56	56	0		197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	56	56	0		27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	56	56	0		3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	56	56	0		363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	56	56	0		3846
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	56	56	0		227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	56	56	0		4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	56	56	0		599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	56	56	0		2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	56	56	0		179
Diadochite ()*	Amorphous	Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·6H₂O	56	56	0		81
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	56	56	0		1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	56	56	0		4135
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	56	56	0		164
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	56	56	0		300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	56	56	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	56	56	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	56	56	0		24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	56	56	0		504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	56	56	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	56	56	0		30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	56	56	0		6890
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	56	56	0		350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	56	56	0		14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	56	56	0		243
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	56	56	0		142
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	56	56	0		2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	56	56	0		5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	56	56	0		234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	56	56	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	56	56	0		12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	56	56	0		915
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	56	56	0		443
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	56	56	0		1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	56	56	0		5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	56	56	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	56	56	0		17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	56	56	0		186
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	56	56	0		471
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	56	56	0		492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	56	56	0		2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	56	56	0		2349
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	56	56	0		74
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	56	56	0		158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	56	56	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	56	56	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	56	56	0		61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	56	56	0		454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	56	56	0		5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	56	56	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	56	56	0		21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	56	56	0		3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	56	56	0		332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	56	56	0		3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	56	56	0		1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	56	56	0		4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	56	56	0		433
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	56	56	0		1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	56	56	0		2562
Tsumebite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Cu(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)	56	56	1	139806	32
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	56	56	0		484
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	56	56	0		1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	56	56	1	139806	1655

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									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
R050451	Morenci Mine (Morenci Pit; Phelps Dodge Morenci Mine; Morenci-Metcalf), Morenci, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R050451

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