Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nash Mines Group (Duquesne-Washington Group), Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 56

mindat Locality ID: 191954
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191954.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nash Mines Group (Duquesne-Washington Group), Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Duquesne Gulch
Duquesne Mine (San Antonio Mine)
Empire Mine
Estelle & Louise Mine (Estrella And Louise Mine)
Indiana Mine
Mary Jane Mine (Marijuana Mine)
Pride Of The West Mine (Washington Mine)
Washington Gulch
Westinghouse Mine (Westinghouse Property; Davis Property)

Latitude: 31°22'23"N
Longitude: 110°41'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.373055555556,-110.69333333333

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gedrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Garnet Gypsum Linarite Malachite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

42 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	66	56	1	146875	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	66	56	7	146865,146866,146867,146871,146873,146875,146876	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	66	56	2	146865,146875	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	66	56	1	146867	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	66	56	2	146865,146873	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	66	56	2	146865,146876	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	56	3	146865,146871,146873	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	66	56	3	146873,146875,146878	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	56	11	146865,146866,146867,146868,146869,146870,146871,146873,146874,146876,146877	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	66	56	1	146875	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	66	56	1	146874	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	66	56	1	146875	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	66	56	3	146871,146875,146876	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	66	56	1	146865	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	66	56	1	146871	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	56	10	146865,146866,146867,146868,146869,146870,146873,146874,146876,146877	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	66	56	2	146871,146875	178
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	66	56	2	146865,146867	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	66	56	1	146865	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	66	56	1	146865	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	66	56	2	146871,146875	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	66	56	2	146865,146871	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	66	56	1	146867	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	66	56	2	146865,146874	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	66	56	2	146865,146867	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	66	56	1	146871	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	56	2	146865,146873	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	65	65	2	146865,146876	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	65	65	1	146865	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	56	11	146865,146866,146867,146868,146869,146870,146871,146873,146874,146876,146877	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	66	56	1	146871	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	56	4	146865,146871,146873,146876	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	56	2	146865,146867	454
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	66	56	1	146865	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	66	56	1	146865	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	66	56	1	146865	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	66	56	1	146865	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	66	56	3	146865,146867,146875	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	56	12	146865,146866,146867,146868,146869,146870,146871,146873,146874,146875,146876,146877	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	66	56	1	146865	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	66	56	1	146876	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	66	56	5	146865,146867,146871,146875,146876	2562

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
	sedznpb-00503	66	56	Paleocene							Yes				3384	Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	Washington Camp	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
	Mo-00271	65	65								Yes		Molybdenite, Wulfenite	Mo	53936	Santo Niño Mine Area, San Antonio Canyon, Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	Santo Nino Mine	Corn (1975)	10.2113/gsecongeo.70.8.1437	EG70_1437

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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