Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mammoth Breccia Pipe, Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 67.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 52

mindat Locality ID: 204526
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204526.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mammoth Breccia Pipe, Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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: C Ca Cu Fe O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite None Not in a structural group Quartz

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	62.2	60.5	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	61.5	60.5	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	62.2	60.5	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	61.5	60.5	27198
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	62.2	60.5	61156

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_359	Unexposed breccia pipe that is 800 m deep and 180 m in width. One of more than 500 breccia pipes in the district hosted by the Copper Creek Granodiorite and Glory Hole volcanic rocks. The pipe consists of angular clasts of granodiorite cemented by quartz, chalcopyrite, bornite, anhydrite, and calcite.
Michelle_360	Unexposed breccia pipe that is 800 m deep and 180 m in width. One of more than 500 breccia pipes in the district hosted by the Copper Creek Granodiorite and Glory Hole volcanic rocks.The pipe consists of angular clasts of granodiorite cemented by quartz, chalcopyrite, bornite, anhydrite, and calcite.

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample 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_00000360	67.4	64.2	65.8±1.6	K-Ar	Late-stage age of Copper Creek Granodiorite mineralization which contains the sulpher mineralization		UAKA-71-17	Yes				7835	Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Creek	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201
Mo-00105	61	60.4	60.7±0.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	CC-1	Yes	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Lindgrenite, Molybdenite, Wulfenite	Mo	7835	Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Creek	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
EG94_211-00044	62	62	62	Pb-Pb		whole rock?	C22	Yes				194728	Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Creek	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00045	57	57	57±	Pb-Pb		whole rock?	C31	Yes				194728	Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Creek	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00046	52	52	52	Pb-Pb		whole rock?	C43	Yes				194728	Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Creek	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
PorphCu-00686	59	57	59–57					Yes		Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	194728	Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Creek	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Mo-00244	61	60.4	61–60.4	Re-Os		molybdenite		Yes	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Lindgrenite, Molybdenite, Wulfenite, Markascherite	Mo	41346	Childs-Adwinkle Mine (Childs And Altwilkle Mine; Childs-Aldwinkle Mine), Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Childs-Aldwinkle Mine	Barra et al. (2005)	10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605	EG100_1605
Michelle_359	62.2	60.8	61.5±0.7	Ar-Ar	Age of Copper Creek Granodiorite host rock	biotite						204526	Mammoth Breccia Pipe, Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Mammoth Breccia Pipe	Anderson et al. (2009)	10.1007/s00126-008-0206-2	MD44_151	Age of Copper Creek Granodiorite host rock
Michelle_360	61.5	60.5	61.0±0.5	Ar-Ar	Age of alteration and copper mineralization	sericite					Cu	204526	Mammoth Breccia Pipe, Copper Creek, Copper Creek (Copper Creek Canyon), Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District), Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Mammoth Breccia Pipe	Anderson et al. (2009)	10.1007/s00126-008-0206-2	MD44_151	Age of alteration and copper mineralization

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