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Locality Name:
Resolution Deposit, Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 63.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 265644
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265644.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Resolution Deposit, Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°17'30"N
Longitude: 111°3'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.291666666667,-111.05833333333

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite
Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Topaz	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*
Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*
Zunyite ()*

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 As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Digenite Enargite
Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Topaz Wurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	63.5	63.5	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	63.5	63.5	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	63.5	63.5	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	63.5	63.5	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	63.5	63.5	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	63.5	63.5	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	63.5	63.5	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	63.5	63.5	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	63.5	63.5	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	63.5	63.5	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	63.5	63.5	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	63.5	63.5	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	63.5	63.5	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	63.5	63.5	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	63.5	63.5	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	63.5	63.5	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	63.5	63.5	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	63.5	63.5	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	63.5	63.5	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	63.5	63.5	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	63.5	63.5	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	63.5	63.5	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	63.5	63.5	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	63.5	63.5	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	63.5	63.5	1476
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	63.5	63.5	86

2 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
	PorphCu-00705	63.5	63.5	probably Laramide									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Fluorite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Topaz	Cu	265644	Resolution Deposit, Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Resolution	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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