Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saginaw Hill (Saginaw Property), Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 150

mindat Locality ID: 20050
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20050.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saginaw Hill (Saginaw Property), Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Amole Mine Group

Latitude: 32°8'35"N
Longitude: 111°4'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.143055555556,-111.06972222222

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	Alunite	Andalusite	Atacamite	Brochantite	Carminite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Adamite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Carminite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cornetite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Atacamite Brochantite Carminite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

18 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
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	160	150	1	145033	254
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	160	150	1	145033	544
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	160	150	1	145033	413
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	160	150	1	145033	1633
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	160	150	1	145033	178
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	160	150	2	145029,145030	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	160	150	2	145029,145033	3531
Cornetite ()*	None	Cu₃(PO₄)(OH)₃	160	150	1	145033	26
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	160	150	2	145031,145032	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	160	150	1	145032	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	160	150	2	145029,145030	24243
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	160	150	1	145033	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	160	150	4	145029,145031,145032,145033	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	160	150	1	145032	17380
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	160	150	1	145033	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	160	150	3	145029,145030,145032	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	160	150	1	145029	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	160	150	1	145030	21482

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_00000342	160	150	155±5	K-Ar				UAKA-67-200		Yes				31283	Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Tucson Mts.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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