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Locality Name:
Holland Mine, Duquesne Gulch, Nash Mines Group (Duquesne-Washington Group), Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 56

mindat Locality ID: 22917
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22917.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Holland Mine, Duquesne Gulch, Nash Mines Group (Duquesne-Washington Group), Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°22'14"N
Longitude: 110°41'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.370555555556,-110.695
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeGarnetGypsum
LinariteMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
TalcTourmaline

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3665601534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)665602734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2665605509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4665605516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6656027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26656027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2665609895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6656024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)665607437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3665601544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O665606890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36656014640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6665601066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)266560987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26656012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2656505800
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)65650494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26656039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26656061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)266560454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)665604894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)665602705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)665606417
Silver  (*)CopperAg665605186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)665602473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6656021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2665603337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2665602562


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-005036656Paleocene     Yes  3384Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USAWashington CampSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
Mo-002716565      YesMolybdenite, WulfeniteMo53936Santo Niño Mine Area, San Antonio Canyon, Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USASanto Nino MineCorn (1975)10.2113/gsecongeo.70.8.1437EG70_1437 

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