Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Grand Pacific Mine (Grand Pacific Copper Company Property; Grand Pacific Claims; Pacific Group; Pacific Mine; Climax; Sandal Group), Pacific Canyon, Apache Leap, Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 62
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 52562
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52562.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grand Pacific Mine (Grand Pacific Copper Company Property; Grand Pacific Claims; Pacific Group; Pacific Mine; Climax; Sandal Group), Pacific Canyon, Apache Leap, Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°16'10"N
Longitude: 111°4'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.269444444444,-111.07027777778

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	Calcite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	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 C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	62	60	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	62	60	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	62	60	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	62	60	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	62	60	2970
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	62	60	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	62	60	39462

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
	Mo-00129	62	60		X, Strat						Yes		Lindgrenite, Wulfenite	Mo	14241	Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA		Manske and Paul (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.2.197	EG97_197

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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