Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tiptop Mine, Tiptop Mine Group (Tiptop Camp Prospects/mines), Tiptop Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 62
Youngest recorded age at locality: 56

mindat Locality ID: 18174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tiptop Mine, Tiptop Mine Group (Tiptop Camp Prospects/mines), Tiptop Mountain, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°52'9"N
Longitude: 110°47'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.869166666667,-110.79305555556

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	Corundum	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel

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 Mg Mo O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Corundum Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*

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	62	56	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	62	56	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	62	56	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	62	56	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	62	56	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	62	56	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	62	56	4135
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	62	56	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	62	56	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	62	56	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	62	56	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	62	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-00109	62	56	56-62							Yes		Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Wollastonite	Cu	49290	Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Helvetia	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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