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Locality Name:
Burch, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 57.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 54.4

mindat Locality ID: 193609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193609.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burch, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Crescent Consolidated Copper Co. Mine (Platinum Claims; Crescent Claims)
Highline Mine (Highline Claim; High Line MS 3937 Claim)
Hoopes Lime Pit (Hoopes Quarry; North Dominion Copper Mining & Development Co. Property)
Michael Moran Prospect (Vanadium Shaft)
Pinal Creek

Latitude: 33°26'52"N
Longitude: 110°48'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.447777777778,-110.81166666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au C Cu Fe H Mn O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCopperCorundumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRutile

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O57.254.411382723531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O57.254.411382722970
Gold  (*)CopperAu57.254.4113827230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O357.254.4113827214640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)257.254.42138268,13827212537
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO257.254.411382683106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO257.254.4113827261156



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_0000036757.254.455.8±1.4K-Ar  UAKA-69-10 Yes  24945Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USAGlobe Quad.Shafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 


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