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Locality Name:
Gringo Mine (Gringo Mine Group Of Claims; Francis Group Of Claims; Temporal Group Of Claims), 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: 34333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34333.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gringo Mine (Gringo Mine Group Of Claims; Francis Group Of Claims; Temporal Group Of Claims), Gringo Gulch, Temporal Gulch, Wrightson District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°34'18"N
Longitude: 110°46'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.571666666667,-110.76916666667
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: Al Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMalachite
NonePyroxeneQuartzScheeliteSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)68.465.408803
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O668.465.402060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)68.465.4027770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)68.465.408173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)268.465.40271
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF268.465.409617
Gold  (*)CopperAu68.465.4030554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)468.465.405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O468.465.4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)268.465.4012537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO268.465.4061156
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO468.465.401655


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_0000035768.465.466.9±1.5K-ArAge of mineralization of quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration assemblage in Triassic volcanic rock UAKA-73-158 Yes  34320Wrightson District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USAMount Wrightston Quad.Shafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 

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