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Locality Name:
Kalamazoo Orebody, San Manuel Mine (Apex Lead & Vanadium Mining Corp Mine; Quarelli Group), San Manuel, San Manuel District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 69
Youngest recorded age at locality: 67

mindat Locality ID: 50863
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50863.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kalamazoo Orebody, San Manuel Mine (Apex Lead & Vanadium Mining Corp Mine; Quarelli Group), San Manuel, San Manuel District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°40'12"N
Longitude: 110°40'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.67,-110.67

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAtacamiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorrensiteCorundumCovellite
DiasporeEnargiteEpidoteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyrophylliteQuartzSpinelWurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrobiotite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O69670470
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)669670966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)696701588
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)369670544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2696705509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4696705516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S696705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26967027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O696703531
Copper  (*)CopperCu696703846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS696704165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O696702970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)469670651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS469670910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)696708173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2696709617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)696707437
Gold  (*)CopperAu6967030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36967014640
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O6967049
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4696705591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46967014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26967012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2696705800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)26967017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26967039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)269670771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26967061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)696706417
Silver  (*)CopperAg696705186
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)696701025



1 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
PorphCu-00110696769–67      Allophane, Alunite, Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Epidote, Fluorite, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Siderite, SilverCu50863Kalamazoo Orebody, San Manuel Mine (Apex Lead & Vanadium Mining Corp Mine; Quarelli Group), San Manuel, San Manuel District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USASan Manuel-KalamazooSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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