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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:
Santa Nino Mine (Javelina Claim), Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 34237
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34237.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Nino Mine (Javelina Claim), Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Brookite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite

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 Ba Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Brookite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	65	65	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	65	65	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	65	65	700
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	65	27198
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	65	65	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	65	65	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	65	65	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	65	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	65	65	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	65	65	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	65	65	5614
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	65	65	1655

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-00271	65	65								Yes		Molybdenite, Wulfenite	Mo	53936	Santo Niño Mine Area, San Antonio Canyon, Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	Santo Nino Mine	Corn (1975)	10.2113/gsecongeo.70.8.1437	EG70_1437

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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