Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gunsight Hills, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48
Youngest recorded age at locality: 39.1

mindat Locality ID: 190464
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190464.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gunsight Hills, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gunsight District (Meyer District)

Latitude: 32°9'38"N
Longitude: 112°39'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.160555555556,-112.65166666667

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.

Calcite	Copper	None	Scheelite

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: Au C Ca Cu H Mo O Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Copper None Scheelite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Gold ()*	Powellite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Shattuckite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	48	39.1	2	144911,144912	27770
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	48	39.1	1	144916	30554
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	48	39.1	1	144912	494
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	48	39.1	3	144912,144913,144915	4894
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	48	39.1	1	144916	71

2 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
	Giersdorf_00000377	48	46	47.0±1.0	K-Ar	Possible reset age of granodiorite			UAKA-72-63						190464	Gunsight Hills, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Gunsight District	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201
	Giersdorf_00000378	41.1	39.1	40.1±1.0	K-Ar	Age suggests partial resetting of biotites due to hydrothermal activity.			UAKA-72-39						190464	Gunsight Hills, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Ajo Quad.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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