Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Durham Hills, Durham-Suizo District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 28.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 27

mindat Locality ID: 207924
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207924.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Durham Hills, Durham-Suizo District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Brady Wash Area
Durham Wash Area

Latitude: 32°44'38"N
Longitude: 111°8'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.743888888889,-111.14527777778

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Kaolinite	Malachite	None

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 Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Kaolinite Malachite None

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	145485	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	145485,145487	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	145485,145487,145488,145489	3531
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	145489	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	145485	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	145485,145487,145488	12537

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_00000388	28.4	27	27.7±0.7	K-Ar				UAKA-63-36						68675	Owl Head Mine (Owl Head Claims), Brady Wash Area, Durham Hills, Durham-Suizo District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Brady Wash	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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