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Locality Name:
Cactustail Mine, Owl Head Buttes Area, Owl Head District, Tortolita Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 28.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 27

mindat Locality ID: 130932
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130932.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cactustail Mine, Owl Head Buttes Area, Owl Head District, Tortolita Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°34'58"N
Longitude: 111°6'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.582777777778,-111.10138888889

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 C Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteChalcopyriteClayLinariteMalachiteMicaNoneRocksalt

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S28.42702793
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)28.42704979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S28.42705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS228.427027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS28.427024243
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)228.4270987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)228.427012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)228.427017380
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO28.42701101



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
Giersdorf_0000038828.42727.7±0.7K-Ar  UAKA-63-36 Yes  68675Owl Head Mine (Owl Head Claims), Brady Wash Area, Durham Hills, Durham-Suizo District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USABrady WashShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 


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