Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Copper Mountain Mine (Manganese Blue Mine; Copper Mountain Claim Working; Old Blue Shaft; Detroit Copper Co. Group; Manganese Blue Ore Body), Morenci, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 56

mindat Locality ID: 10334
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10334.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Mountain Mine (Manganese Blue Mine; Copper Mountain Claim Working; Old Blue Shaft; Detroit Copper Co. Group; Manganese Blue Ore Body), Morenci, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°4'32"N
Longitude: 109°22'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.075555555556,-109.36777777778

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.

Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Epidote	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Spinel

Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cyanotrichite Epidote Gypsum
Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	56	56	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	56	56	1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	56	56	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	56	56	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	56	56	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	56	56	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	56	56	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	56	56	179
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	56	56	8173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	56	56	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	56	56	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	56	56	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	56	56	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	56	56	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	56	56	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	56	56	39462

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
	PorphCu-00016	56	56	56							Yes		Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Gypsum, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Torbernite, Wollastonite	Cu	5436	Morenci Mine (Morenci Pit; Phelps Dodge Morenci Mine; Morenci-Metcalf), Morenci, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA	Morenci–Metcalf	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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