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Locality Name:
Providencia Canyon, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 61.2

mindat Locality ID: 191955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Providencia Canyon, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bennett Mine
Buena Vista Mine (Goodview Mine)
Gladstone Mine Group (Gladstone Prospect; Gladstone-Proto Group; Proto Mine Group)
Golden Rose Mine (Mord And Wieland Claim)
Gross Copper Prospect
Marché Prospect
Minnesota Mine
Providencia Claim (Provicencia Claim)
Red Hill
Red Racer Mine
Unnamed North-side Tributary

Latitude: 31°23'22"N
Longitude: 110°45'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.389444444444,-110.76305555556

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.

Acanthite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Gypsum	Malachite
Marcasite	Melanterite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc

Acanthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Talc ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Gypsum Malachite
Marcasite Melanterite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Talc

25 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	63.8	61.2	1	146832	2793
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	65	65	2	146819,146828	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	65	65	2	146819,146830	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	65	65	1	146819	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	65	65	1	146819	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	63.8	61.2	1	146832	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	61.2	13	146818,146819,146820,146821,146822,146823,146824,146825,146826,146827,146830,146832,146835	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	65	65	1	146819	4165
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	65	61.2	2	146832,146833	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	65	61.2	10	146819,146820,146821,146822,146823,146824,146825,146826,146832,146835	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	65	61.2	2	146826,146832	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	65	65	1	146819	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	65	65	1	146826	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	63.8	61.2	1	146832	1689
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	63.8	61.2	1	146832	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	65	65	3	146819,146828,146829	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	63.8	61.2	1	146832	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	65	65	1	146819	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	65	61.2	5	146819,146826,146827,146830,146832	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	61.2	7	146818,146819,146824,146826,146827,146830,146832	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	65	65	1	146824	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	63.8	61.2	1	146832	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	65	65	5	146820,146821,146822,146823,146825	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	65	65	1	146826	586
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	65	65	1	146833	3337

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_00000363	63.8	61.2	62.5±1.3	K-Ar				UAKA-77-29						34206	Four Metals Mine (Guajolote Mine; Frisco Mine; Red Hill Crosscut; Red Mountain Mine; Phoenix Claims; Hillside Claims), Red Hill, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	Four Metals Mine	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201
	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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