Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Superior District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 17.3

mindat Locality ID: 206998
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206998.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Superior District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Superior
Superior Area
White Canyon Wilderness

Latitude: 33°13'11"N
Longitude: 111°6'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.219722222222,-111.1

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Calcite	Clay	Gismondine	Mordenite	None	Pyroxene
Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Thomsonite

Analcime ()*	Augite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cowlesite ()*
Garronite-Ca ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Nukundamite ()*
Opal ()*	Shannonite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Vanadinite ()*	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: Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Calcite Clay Gismondine Mordenite None Pyroxene
Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Thomsonite

15 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
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	146178	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	146168	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	146176	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	146169,146178	27770
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O			2	146168,146178	84
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gismondine	Ca₃(Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂)·14H₂O			1	146178	66
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	146163	238
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	146178	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O			2	146168,146178	405
Nukundamite ()*	None	Cu_3.4Fe_0.6S₄			1	146176	16
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	20.3	17.3	1	146160	2994
Shannonite ()*	None	Pb₂O(CO₃)			1	146169	8
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O			1	146178	452
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			1	146169	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	146169	1655

2 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_00000426	18.9	17.9	18.4±0.5	K-Ar				UAKA-65-11						52658	Picketpost Mountain, Superior, Superior District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Picketpost Mountain	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201
	Giersdorf_00000427	20.3	17.3	18.8±1.5	K-Ar				UAKA-65-11						52658	Picketpost Mountain, Superior, Superior District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Picketpost Mountain	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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