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Locality Name:
Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 27

mindat Locality ID: 16552
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16552.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA": 211
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 157

Number of Child Localities: 54
Child Localities:
A-1 Claims
AMAX Exploration Inc. Leases
Anderson Property
Arizona Copper Mine (Arizona-Copper Mine)
Ash Peak District (Twin Peaks District)
Big Lue Mountains (Big Laue Mountain)
Black Jack Canyon
Black Jack Cave
Black Prince Prospect
Blue Ridge Wilderness Area
Calridge Property
Capote Mine
Carslile Mine (Carlisle Mine [?])
Coal Creek
Colorado Mine
Crow Group
DeFrees District
Eagle Rock Tin Mine (Kelly Tin Mine; Castle Rock Mine; Eiken-Wilkerson Tin Property; Clifton Tin Mine)
Elizabeth Claims (WCE Claims)
Ellis Mine
Emerald Mine (Arizona Copper Co. Property [in Part])
Eureka Mine
Exxon Unpatented Claims (Exxon Corp. Leases; AC 1-436)
Flux Claims
Gila Hot Springs District
Granite Gold Group (Granite Butte Group)
Granville Area Perlite Occurrence
Greenlee County Manganese Deposits
Guthrie
Hannagan Meadow Area
Iceland Spar Occurrence
Independence Mine (Henry Ford Mine; Greenlee Gold Mine; Big Medicine Mine; White Property)
Keppler Mine (Arizona Gold Mine; Owl Mine; Iron King Mine)
La Palma Group (La Palma Claim; Venus Claim; San Francisco Claim; Laura Group)
Leszynsky Group
Lonestar Prospect
Miza Mine (Arizona Copper Co. Property [in Part])
Mulligan Peak Agate Deposit (Huchins Agate Deposit)
OBW Fry Claim
Paradise And SPW Claims
Parrot Group (Kay Pat Group; Essex; Ern)
Peloncillo Mts
Pyrolusite Claims
Round Mountain
Rousensock Creek
Rudd Knoll Cinder Deposit
San Francisco River Placers
Shannon Mts
Silver Bonanza Mine
Steeple Rock District (Duncan District)
Sycamore Gulch
Twin Peaks District
Unnamed Au Prospect (Claims MS 4625)
Willis Mine (Harmony No. 1 Mine; Opalite Deposit; Willis Silica Mine)

Latitude: 33°2'25"N
Longitude: 109°15'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.040277777778,-109.26055555556

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Ti U V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Mg O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryte
BrackebuschiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteCyanotrichiteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsum
HarmotomeKaoliniteMalachiteMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteMordeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PhenakitePlancheitePseudobrookitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSepiolite
Smectite-vermiculiteSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTitanite
TridymiteTurquoiseVesuvianiteWavelliteWollastoniteZircon

127 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Akaganeite  (*)Allophane  (*)Alunite  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anilite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Aurorite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beidellite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)
Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Darapskite  (*)Diadochite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dioptase  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Geerite  (*)Gerhardtite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Harmotome  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)
Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Massicot  (*)Melanterite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Neotocite  (*)
Niter  (*)Nontronite  (*)Offretite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Plancheite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schwertmannite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)
Shattuckite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Tsumebite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S56563139650,139652,1398052793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)256562139731,1398053419
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O5656113980563
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O56562139731,139805470
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)656563139736,139805,139818966
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)356563139731,139738,1398051534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2139782,1398282734
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S45656113980588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11397611036
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)456561139806246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11397483250
Aurorite  (*)NoneMn2+Mn4+3O7·3H2O56562139652,13980522
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2565613139693,139731,139743,139744,139751,139769,139780,139793,139795,139796,139802,139805,1398075509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4139657,139701,139839,13984011547
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O5656113973185
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)22139654,139840606
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS456562139763,1398055516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6565611139731,139744,139751,139755,139780,139792,139795,139801,139805,139817,1398231633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr1139825227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)565612139652,139654,139657,139658,139709,139748,139780,139805,139828,139839,139840,13984927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)56563139731,139800,1398284979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O56566139744,139751,139755,139776,139795,139805925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S565623139715,139731,139734,139743,139744,139751,139754,139759,139763,139764,139770,139771,139780,139792,139793,139795,139796,139801,139805,139817,139818,139821,1398235707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O56561139805197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2565620139715,139731,139734,139737,139743,139751,139763,139770,139771,139772,139780,139787,139790,139795,139796,139797,139801,139805,139844,13985127198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11397421382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O565616139731,139740,139759,139764,139769,139770,139771,139772,139779,139780,139802,139805,139815,139817,139819,1398503531
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1139666281
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)56562139736,139805363
Copper  (*)CopperCu56568139731,139733,139743,139744,139780,139795,139800,1398053846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1656563139759,139760,139805227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS56565139744,139764,139792,139805,1398184165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1656561139805599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O565611139731,139734,139743,139744,139770,139771,139772,139780,139795,139796,1398052970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)256562139795,139805179
Darapskite  (*)NoneNa3(SO4)(NO3)·H2O113972331
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O5656113980581
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1139842481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S565611398051027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O656564139731,139780,139805,1398104135
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O56566139740,139770,139791,139805,139819,139821164
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S1656561139805300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2565611397319895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)565620139666,139731,139734,139735,139737,139743,139751,139764,139774,139780,139785,139790,139795,139796,139797,139798,139801,139805,139810,1398178173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O56561139731484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2565611139651,139654,139685,139687,139716,139805,139835,139838,139839,139840,1398419617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS565612139652,139764,139770,139774,139781,139782,139787,139790,139797,139800,139805,13982824243
Geerite  (*)NoneCu8S5113978638
Gerhardtite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)33139691,139731,13978624
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)356563139731,139793,139805504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)56562139797,1398057437
Gold  (*)CopperAu565613139694,139696,139698,139700,139729,139731,139761,139763,139787,139798,139800,139804,13980530554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O2139694,139734188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O56567139657,139731,139748,139793,139795,139805,1398236890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O1139653290
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O456561139805350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3562713139662,139700,139764,139772,139774,139780,139795,139796,139797,139801,139805,139821,13984414640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2139780,1397821689
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1656272139662,139805243
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O56562139731,13979362
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS456561139805142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32139663,1396705433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)656562139797,1398052228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4565614139731,139743,139744,139756,139763,139764,139769,139780,139795,139796,139801,139805,139818,1398235591
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)56564139758,139759,139793,139805234
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)256561139731238
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)562701487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4565620139700,139731,139734,139735,139737,139743,139744,139751,139764,139770,139772,139780,139795,139797,139798,139801,139805,139812,139817,13982814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2565625139731,139734,139743,139744,139759,139764,139769,139770,139771,139772,139779,139780,139785,139793,139795,139796,139801,139802,139805,139815,139817,139819,139821,139823,13985112537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2139649,139725770
Massicot  (*)NonePbO56561139800202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O56562139731,139805915
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O56561139805443
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl565611398051107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS256565139715,139731,139744,139805,1398235800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O56562139731,1398051508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O56561139808405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2565614139731,139734,139744,139751,139759,139774,139785,139795,139797,139799,139801,139805,139817,13982117380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41139842112
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)56563139731,139797,139805186
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)1139723181
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O56562139734,139805471
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O1139749146
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)56561139805492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O56565139655,139731,139805,139836,1398372994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)56567139735,139737,139754,139774,139785,139805,1398172349
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O5656113980574
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO256561139805158
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O528271139662164
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)456561139793369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2565629139652,139666,139715,139731,139734,139737,139743,139744,139751,139754,139759,139763,139764,139767,139770,139771,139772,139775,139777,139780,139787,139795,139796,139797,139799,139801,139805,139818,13984439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO214139649,139657,139658,139701,139725,139731,139761,139764,139780,139784,139813,139826,139832,1398493106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11398281725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8565611398059056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2565613139655,139663,139670,139718,139724,139726,139731,139744,139748,139750,139759,139797,13980561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11396521711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)256561139805454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO256562139731,1398055614
Schwertmannite  (*)CoronaditeFe3+16O16(OH)9.6(SO4)3.2·10H2O5656113979737
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1139747241
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)25656113973171
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)56562139731,1398056417
Silver  (*)CopperAg56567139648,139668,139780,139796,139825,139833,1398445186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2139731,1397502473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O2139744,139786105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS565614139666,139731,139734,139737,139743,139751,139764,139782,139787,139790,139796,139797,139801,13980521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3565611398053418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS56561139805332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11397632045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2565611398053337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO56562139731,1398051101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311396935317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O56274139662,139670,139731,1398054899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O56561139805433
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O565611398051059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)256566139731,139734,139743,139780,139805,1398102562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO228271139662458
Tsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)5656113980632
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O56563139731,139736,139805484
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl3139782,139789,139828605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10565611398101395
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1139736374
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41139746303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3565611398051247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO456563139782,139806,1398281655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)565611397315251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)565611397311025



2 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
USGS-OF-95-263-Big-Lue-00012827~27-28 age of Hell's Hole rhyolite      55135State Highway 78 Roadcuts, Big Lue Mountains (Big Laue Mountain), Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA Ratté and Brooks (1995) USGSOFR95-263 
PorphCu-00016565656      Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Gypsum, Hematite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Torbernite, WollastoniteCu5436Morenci Mine (Morenci Pit; Phelps Dodge Morenci Mine; Morenci-Metcalf), Morenci, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USAMorenci–MetcalfSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R040143Big Lue Mountains (Big Laue Mountain), Greenlee Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R040143
R050451Morenci Mine (Morenci Pit; Phelps Dodge Morenci Mine; Morenci-Metcalf), Morenci, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050451


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