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Locality Name:
Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 64
Youngest recorded age at locality: 54.4

mindat Locality ID: 22331
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22331.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Castle Dome Area (Castle Dome Mine Area; Pinto Valley Mine Area)
Miami-Inspiration Deposit
Myberg Basin
Northwest Inspiration Copper Co. Property

Latitude: 33°25'15"N
Longitude: 110°55'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.420833333333,-110.92

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	Amorphous	Andalusite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Titanite	Turquoise	Wavellite	Zircon

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: Ag Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Titanite Turquoise Wavellite Zircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beidellite ()*	Berlinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Koechlinite ()*	Libethenite ()*
Lindgrenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Molybdite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sauconite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Titanite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Wavellite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	61.6	59	2	138439,138444	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	59	59	1	138439	2734
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	61.6	59	2	138439,138444	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	64	59	2	138439,138446	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	59	59	1	138439	11547
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	59	59	1	138439	85
Berlinite ()*	Quartz	Al(PO₄)	61.6	59.2	1	138444	28
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	64	63	1	138447	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	64	63	1	138447	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	61.6	54.4	2	138439,138442	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	61.6	59	2	138439,138444	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	64	59	3	138439,138446,138447	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	64	54.4	5	138439,138444,138446,138447,138456	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	64	63	9	138444,138445,138446,138447,138449,138451,138452,138453,138454	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	59	59	1	138439	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	64	59	3	138439,138443,138446	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	64	59	2	138439,138447	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	64	54.4	5	138439,138442,138444,138446,138447	2970
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	61.6	59.2	1	138444	164
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	64	59	2	138439,138443	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	59	59	1	138439	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	59	59	1	138439	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	64	54.4	3	138439,138447,138456	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	64	54.4	1	138447	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	61.6	54.4	2	138439,138442	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	59	59	1	138439	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	61.6	54.4	3	138439,138441,138444	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	59	59	1	138439	1689
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	59	59	1	138439	144
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	59	59	1	138439	62
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	59	59	1	138438	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	59	59	1	138439	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	61.6	59	2	138439,138444	5591
Koechlinite ()*	None	Bi₂MoO₆	61.6	59.2	1	138444	39
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	64	59	3	138438,138439,138446	234
Lindgrenite ()*	None	Cu₃(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₂(OH)₂	61.6	59.2	3	138444,138446,138447	21
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	61.6	54.4	1	138441	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	64	54.4	9	138439,138442,138444,138445,138446,138447,138449,138453,138454	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	59	59	1	138439	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	64	59	4	138439,138444,138446,138447	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	59	59	1	138439	140
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	59	59	1	138439	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	64	54.4	3	138439,138444,138447	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	61.6	59.2	1	138444	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	64	54.4	2	138439,138447	2349
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	64	54.4	1	138451	306
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	61.6	59.2	2	138444,138447	494
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	59	59	1	138439	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	64	54.4	5	138439,138444,138446,138447,138456	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	64	54.4	5	138444,138445,138446,138447,138449	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	59	59	1	138439	5614
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	59	59	1	138438	56
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	61.6	54.4	2	138439,138442	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	64	54.4	3	138439,138443,138456	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	59	59	1	138439	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	59	59	1	138439	4899
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	64	59	2	138439,138443	484
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	59	59	1	138439	374
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	61.6	59	3	138438,138439,138456	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	59	59	1	138439	5251

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	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
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
PorphCu-00081	59	59	59				Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Fluorite, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver, Turquoise	Cu	28230	Castle Dome Mine (Castle Dome Deposit; Pinto Valley Deposit), Castle Dome Area (Castle Dome Mine Area; Pinto Valley Mine Area), Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Castle Dome	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
PorphCu-00125	64	63	64–63				Atacamite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Galena, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Turquoise	Cu	61612	Miami-Inspiration Deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Miami–Inspiration	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Mo-00258	61.6	59.2		K-Ar			Koechlinite, Lindgrenite, Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	50636	Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration Deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA		Creasey (1980)	10.2113/gsecongeo.75.6.830	EG75_830
Mo-00280	61.6	59.2		K-Ar		Yes	Powellite, Szenicsite	Mo	61469	Carlota Mine (Carlotta Mine; Carlota Property; Carlota Deposit; Cactus Deposit; Brewery Mine; Brewery Claims; Alexander Mine), Top Of The World, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA		Creasey (1980)	10.2113/gsecongeo.75.6.830	EG75_830

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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