Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Old Dominion Vein System, Black Peak Area, Copper Hill, 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: 193726
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193726.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Old Dominion Vein System, Black Peak Area, Copper Hill, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Arizona Commercial Mine
Iron Cap Mine

Latitude: 33°25'39"N
Longitude: 110°45'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.4275,-110.76638888889

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Chalcopyrite Corundum Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	57.2	54.4	4	138304,138305,138308,138309	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	57.2	54.4	2	138304,138308	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	57.2	54.4	1	138304	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	57.2	54.4	1	138305	363
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	57.2	54.4	1	138308	2970
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	57.2	54.4	1	138308	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	57.2	54.4	2	138304,138308	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	57.2	54.4	1	138308	39462
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	57.2	54.4	1	138308	2718

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
	Giersdorf_00000367	57.2	54.4	55.8±1.4	K-Ar				UAKA-69-10		Yes				24945	Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Globe Quad.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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