Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 62
Youngest recorded age at locality: 56

mindat Locality ID: 49290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 54
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Copper World Mine (Helvetia Mine; Black Horse Shaft; Brunswick Mine; Little Dave Mine; Owasco Mine)
Curtice Mine
Del Rio Mine
Eclipse Mine Group
Exile And King Claims (King-Exile Group; King-Exile Mine Group; Exile King Mine; King In Exile Mine)
Frijole Claim Group
Gunsight Pass
Heavy Weight Hill
Helvetia Wash
Henrietta Prospect
Isle Royal Mine Group
King Mine
Leader Hill
Monument Mountain
Morning Star Mine
Old Dick Mine (American Mine)
Ridley Mine (Graveyard Mine)
Sycamore Canyon
Tiptop Mountain
Unnamed Be Occurrence (1)
Wisconsin Mine

Latitude: 31°51'3"N
Longitude: 110°46'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.850833333333,-110.77888888889

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	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Plancheite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Plancheite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Cuprotungstite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djurleite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kinoite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Osarizawaite ()*	Plancheite ()*
Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*
Uraninite ()*	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	62	56	2	144358,144359	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	62	56	1	144352	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	62	56	1	144341	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	62	56	1	144347	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	62	56	1	144347	2734
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	62	56	1	144358	718
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	62	56	1	144339	246
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	62	56	3	144335,144339,144352	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	62	56	12	144328,144331,144335,144337,144339,144341,144346,144352,144354,144370,144373,144379	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	62	56	4	144335,144341,144349,144379	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	62	56	1	144352	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	62	56	5	144331,144341,144347,144352,144360	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	62	56	1	144358	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	62	56	3	144328,144352,144354	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	62	56	11	144328,144331,144332,144333,144334,144338,144345,144346,144349,144361,144379	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	62	56	19	144328,144331,144335,144337,144338,144341,144343,144344,144346,144349,144351,144352,144354,144355,144360,144361,144362,144377,144379	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	62	56	2	144358,144359	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	62	56	5	144331,144352,144370,144373,144379	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	62	56	2	144352,144370	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	62	56	1	144341	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	62	56	5	144335,144337,144352,144354,144379	2970
Cuprotungstite ()*	None	Cu²⁺₃(WO₄)₂(OH)₂	62	56	2	144328,144352	67
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	62	56	2	144335,144379	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	62	56	0		300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	62	56	5	144335,144349,144352,144360,144370	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	62	56	1	144352	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	62	56	9	144331,144333,144334,144337,144338,144352,144355,144358,144359	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	62	56	1	144352	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	62	56	2	144358,144359	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	62	56	1	144352	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	62	56	4	144331,144352,144377,144379	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	62	56	1	144352	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	62	56	1	144331	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	62	56	1	144331	5591
Kinoite ()*	None	Ca₂Cu₂Si₃O₁₀·2H₂O	62	56	0		17
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	62	56	1	144352	581
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	62	56	2	144331,144339	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	62	56	3	144349,144352,144379	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	62	56	11	144328,144331,144335,144337,144341,144346,144352,144354,144370,144373,144379	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	62	56	7	144328,144331,144335,144346,144349,144355,144379	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	62	56	3	144337,144352,144355	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	62	56	2	144352,144369	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	62	56	1	144341	2349
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	62	56	1	144352	64
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	62	56	1	144352	74
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	62	56	9	144328,144346,144349,144352,144360,144361,144363,144364,144365	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	62	56	23	144328,144331,144335,144338,144343,144344,144345,144346,144349,144351,144352,144354,144355,144358,144359,144360,144361,144362,144363,144364,144365,144377,144379	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	62	56	7	144331,144337,144341,144352,144355,144358,144369	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	62	56	2	144331,144352	454
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	62	56	11	144328,144335,144349,144352,144358,144359,144360,144361,144363,144364,144365	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	62	56	2	144335,144352	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	62	56	6	144331,144335,144343,144349,144352,144355	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	62	56	3	144360,144362,144370	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	62	56	1	144338	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	62	56	5	144328,144335,144346,144349,144352	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	62	56	1	144335	2718
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	62	56	2	144328,144349	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	62	56	2	144341,144352	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-00109	62	56	56-62									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Wollastonite	Cu	49290	Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Helvetia	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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