Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Gringo Gulch, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 68.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65.4

mindat Locality ID: 48650
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48650.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gringo Gulch, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gringo Mine (Gringo Mine Group Of Claims; Francis Group Of Claims; Temporal Group Of Claims)
J.C. Holmes Mine (J.C. Holmes Claims)

Latitude: 31°34'9"N
Longitude: 110°46'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.569166666667,-110.76861111111

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Perovskite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Descloizite ()*	Diaboleite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Quartz ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl Cu H O Pb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite None Perovskite Pyroxene
Quartz Scheelite Spinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	68.4	65.4	1	147200	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	68.4	65.4	1	147200	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	68.4	65.4	1	147200	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	68.4	65.4	1	147201	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	68.4	65.4	1	147201	3531
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	68.4	65.4	1	147201	378
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄	68.4	65.4	0		57
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	68.4	65.4	1	147200	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	68.4	65.4	1	147200	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	68.4	65.4	1	147200	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	68.4	65.4	1	147201	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	68.4	65.4	1	147200	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	68.4	65.4	1	147201	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	68.4	65.4	1	147201	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	68.4	65.4	1	147200	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	68.4	65.4	1	147200	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	68.4	65.4	1	147200	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	68.4	65.4	1	147201	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	68.4	65.4	1	147201	362
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	68.4	65.4	2	147200,147201	61156
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	68.4	65.4	1	147201	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	68.4	65.4	2	147200,147201	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
	Giersdorf_00000357	68.4	65.4	66.9±1.5	K-Ar	Age of mineralization of quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration assemblage in Triassic volcanic rock			UAKA-73-158		Yes				34320	Wrightson District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	Mount Wrightston Quad.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...