Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Miami East Mine, Miami, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 61.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 54.4

mindat Locality ID: 16279
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16279.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miami East Mine, Miami, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°24'25"N
Longitude: 110°52'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.406944444444,-110.875

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 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	61.6	54.4	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	61.6	54.4	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	61.6	54.4	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	61.6	54.4	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	61.6	54.4	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	61.6	54.4	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	61.6	54.4	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	61.6	54.4	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	61.6	54.4	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	61.6	54.4	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	61.6	59.2	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	61.6	54.4	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	61.6	54.4	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	61.6	54.4	21482

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	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
Giersdorf_00000367	57.2	54.4	55.8±1.4	K-Ar	UAKA-69-10	Yes			24945	Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Globe Quad.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201
Mo-00258	61.6	59.2		K-Ar		Yes	Koechlinite, Lindgrenite, Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	50636	Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration Deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA		Creasey (1980)	10.2113/gsecongeo.75.6.830	EG75_830
Mo-00280	61.6	59.2		K-Ar		Yes	Powellite, Szenicsite	Mo	61469	Carlota Mine (Carlotta Mine; Carlota Property; Carlota Deposit; Cactus Deposit; Brewery Mine; Brewery Claims; Alexander Mine), Top Of The World, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA		Creasey (1980)	10.2113/gsecongeo.75.6.830	EG75_830

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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