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Locality Name:
Mellor Prospect, Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 132409
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132409.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mellor Prospect, Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°3'27"N
Longitude: 110°43'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.0575,-110.71888888889
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 Fe H K O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayMicaNonePyrite

2 IMA Minerals at location:
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)27662017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26463039462


7 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_211-000247676 Pb-Pb whole rock?CH1 Yes  31783Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USAChristmasBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000257676 Pb-Pb whole rock?CHa1/72AB74 Yes  31783Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USAChristmasBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000267272 Pb-Pb whole rock?CH14/GB-1 Yes  31783Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USAChristmasBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00027626262Pb-Pb whole rock?CH11 Yes  31783Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USAChristmasBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00028626262Pb-Pb whole rock?CH31 Yes  31783Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USAChristmasBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
PorphCu-00010646364–63     YesActinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cubanite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, SphaleriteCu3326Christmas Mine (Red Bird Shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry Shafts), Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USAChristmasSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
NAVDAT-51578200001000±1000  low 51578    132409Mellor Prospect, Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT1707

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