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Locality Name:
Unnamed Copper Prospect (3), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 67.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 52

mindat Locality ID: 130429
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130429.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unnamed Copper Prospect (3), Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°45'2"N
Longitude: 110°29'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.750555555556,-110.49222222222

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Fe S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
NonePyrite

1 IMA Minerals at location:
Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25957039462



7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_0000036067.464.265.8±1.6K-ArLate-stage age of Copper Creek Granodiorite mineralization which contains the sulpher mineralization UAKA-71-17 Yes  7835Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USACopper CreekShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Mo-001056160.460.7±0.3Re-Os molybdeniteCC-1 YesMolybdeniteFerrimolybdite, Lindgrenite, Molybdenite, WulfeniteMo7835Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USACopper CreekBarra et al. (2005)10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605EG100_1605 
EG94_211-00044626262Pb-Pb whole rock?C22 Yes  194728Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USACopper CreekBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00045575757±Pb-Pb whole rock?C31 Yes  194728Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USACopper CreekBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00046525252Pb-Pb whole rock?C43 Yes  194728Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USACopper CreekBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
PorphCu-00686595759–57     YesBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu194728Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USACopper CreekSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
Mo-002446160.461–60.4Re-Os molybdenite  YesMolybdeniteFerrimolybdite, Lindgrenite, Molybdenite, Wulfenite, MarkascheriteMo41346Childs-Adwinkle Mine (Childs And Altwilkle Mine; Childs-Aldwinkle Mine), Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USAChilds-Aldwinkle MineBarra et al. (2005)10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605EG100_1605 


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