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Locality Name:
Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 192612
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192612.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Arizona Gulch
Arizona Mine (Arizona Claim; Aravaipa Group; Aravaipa Mining Corp. Property; Unpatented Claims-Tule; Patented Claims MS 1038)
Booker T. Washington Claim
Cobre Grande Mountain
Fairview Prospect
Grand Central Mine (Grand Central Claim)
Horse Mountain
Horse Mountain Area
Imperial Mountain
Imperial Mountain Area
Ionia Claim
Landsman Camp (Landsman Group)
Panama Mine (Panama Claim; Patented Claim MS 4012)
Santa Teresa Mine (Fairview Prospect; Santa Anita Mine)
Tolman-Babcock Group (Babcock Group; Babcock Claim; La Sorilla Claims)
Tule Mine (Patented Claim MS 2016; Unpatented Claims - Tule; Tule Claims; T Bone Mine)
Unnamed Copper Prospect (12)
Unnamed Copper Prospect (15)
Unnamed Pb Prospect (Unnamed Shaft)
Unnamed Pb-Zn Prospect (2)

Latitude: 32°57'39"N
Longitude: 110°20'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.960833333333,-110.34361111111

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	Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Axinite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Ettringite	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Hopeite	Ilvaite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cannizzarite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Creedite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hopeite ()*	Ilvaite ()*
Johannsenite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganbabingtonite ()*
Nekoite ()*	Polylithionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Axinite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Epidote Ettringite Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Hopeite Ilvaite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel

45 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	56	33.9	2	139282,139308	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	56	33.9	1	139308	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	56	33.9	1	139306	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	56	33.9	6	139282,139289,139290,139301,139304,139312	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	56	33.9	1	139322	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	56	33.9	1	139306	3250
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	56	33.9	1	139306	88
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	56	33.9	1	139307	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	56	33.9	1	139308	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	56	33.9	6	139285,139297,139298,139306,139308,139310	27770
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	56	33.9	1	139305	41
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	56	33.9	1	139281	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	56	33.9	1	139285	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	56	33.9	3	139297,139301,139306	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	56	33.9	9	139282,139285,139288,139296,139297,139304,139306,139308,139310	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	56	33.9	1	139301	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	56	33.9	5	139283,139289,139290,139297,139320	3531
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	56	33.9	1	139308	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	56	33.9	2	139306,139308	4165
Creedite ()*	None	Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₂F₈·2H₂O	56	33.9	1	139306	48
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	56	33.9	1	139308	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	56	33.9	1	139308	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	56	33.9	3	139285,139306,139308	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	56	33.9	7	139289,139297,139301,139305,139306,139308,139310	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	56	33.9	19	139281,139282,139283,139288,139289,139291,139293,139294,139297,139301,139304,139306,139308,139310,139312,139315,139318,139321,139322	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	56	33.9	1	139306	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	56	33.9	2	139305,139306	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	56	33.9	7	139285,139289,139306,139308,139310,139314,139320	14640
Hopeite ()*	Hopeite	Zn₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	56	33.9	1	139306	29
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	56	33.9	1	139306	197
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	56	33.9	1	139306	73
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	56	33.9	1	139306	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	56	33.9	2	139306,139308	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	56	33.9	7	139283,139289,139296,139297,139301,139308,139310	12537
Manganbabingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Mn²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	56	33.9	2	139306,139308	6
Nekoite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₆O₁₅·7H₂O	56	33.9	1	139306	8
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	56	33.9	2	139307,139308	89
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	56	33.9	9	139281,139285,139288,139289,139304,139306,139308,139315,139322	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	56	33.9	1	139289	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	56	33.9	8	139283,139289,139290,139298,139301,139305,139306,139321	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	56	33.9	1	139288	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	56	33.9	11	139281,139282,139288,139289,139298,139304,139306,139308,139310,139315,139322	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	56	33.9	1	139285	1101
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	56	33.9	1	139306	183
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	56	33.9	5	139283,139289,139290,139297,139304	1655

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
	sedznpb-00443	56	33.9	Eocene?							Yes				29785	Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA	Aravaipa	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-143	Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman Group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-126-to-fkm-150/#FKM-143
R060093	Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman Group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R060093
R050222	Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman Group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R050222
R050202	Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman Group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R050202

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