Mineral Evolution Database
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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:
Safford Mine (Dos Pobres Mine; Dos Pobres Ore Body; Los Pobres; Safford Phelps Dodge; Phelps Dodge Safford Project; Arrowhead Mine), Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 75
Youngest recorded age at locality: 48

mindat Locality ID: 131709
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131709.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Safford Mine (Dos Pobres Mine; Dos Pobres Ore Body; Los Pobres; Safford Phelps Dodge; Phelps Dodge Safford Project; Arrowhead Mine), Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°57'41"N
Longitude: 109°40'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.961388888889,-109.67388888889

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 Cu Fe H Mo O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneChalcopyriteMolybdeniteNonePyrite

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4574805516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S574805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25748027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O574803531
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2574805800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25748039462



8 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
EG94_211-00043585858Pb-Pb whole rock?SF34 Yes  51348Lone Star Mine (Lone Star Group; Lone Star Deposit), Lone Star Mountain, Lone Star, Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USASaffordBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000387575 Pb-Pb whole rock?SF17 Yes  44392Safford, Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USASaffordBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00039696969Pb-Pb whole rock?SF21 Yes  44392Safford, Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USASaffordBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00040696969Pb-Pb whole rock?SF23 Yes  44392Safford, Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USASaffordBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00041585858Pb-Pb whole rock?SF32    131709Safford Mine (Dos Pobres Mine; Dos Pobres Ore Body; Los Pobres; Safford Phelps Dodge; Phelps Dodge Safford Project; Arrowhead Mine), Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USASaffordBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00042585858Pb-Pb whole rock?SF33    131709Safford Mine (Dos Pobres Mine; Dos Pobres Ore Body; Los Pobres; Safford Phelps Dodge; Phelps Dodge Safford Project; Arrowhead Mine), Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USASaffordBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
NAVDAT-30057665460±6   30057    131709Safford Mine (Dos Pobres Mine; Dos Pobres Ore Body; Los Pobres; Safford Phelps Dodge; Phelps Dodge Safford Project; Arrowhead Mine), Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
PorphCu-00151574857–48      Actinolite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphalerite, Tenorite, TurquoiseCu131709Safford Mine (Dos Pobres Mine; Dos Pobres Ore Body; Los Pobres; Safford Phelps Dodge; Phelps Dodge Safford Project; Arrowhead Mine), Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USASaffordSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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