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Locality Name:
Cerro Colorado District, Cerro Colorado Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70
Youngest recorded age at locality: 67.2

mindat Locality ID: 24820
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24820.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Colorado District, Cerro Colorado Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Asmoa No. 1 Mine
Black Princess Mine
Blue Heaven Mine
Cerro Colorado
Cerro Colorado Mine (Heintzelman Mine; Silver Queen Mine)
Cerro Colorado Mine Area - West Of
Cerro Colorado Mountains Perlite Deposit
Cerro Colorado Zeolite Occurrence (Cerro Colorado Clinoptilolite)
El Dorado Group (El Dorado Nos. 1-10)
Hidden Treasure Mine
Invalible Sic Claim
Las Guijas Mountain
Liberty Bell Mine
Liberty Mine
Lillie Group
Lone Star Group
Mail Box Group
Mary G Mine (Mary E Mine; Princess Claim; Princess Group)
New Colorado Mine
San Clement Mine
Silver Hill Mine (Gold Coin Mine)
Waterman Group

Latitude: 31°40'19"N
Longitude: 111°17'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.671944444444,-111.29722222222

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Iodargyrite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Diaspore Fluorite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

30 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	70	67.2	1	143586	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	70	67.2	3	143581,143586,143600	2734
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	70	67.2	1	143586	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	70	67.2	2	143603,143604	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	70	67.2	3	143586,143600,143601	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	70	67.2	3	143586,143600,143601	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	70	67.2	4	143581,143586,143603,143604	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	70	67.2	1	143586	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70	67.2	2	143586,143594	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	70	67.2	1	143586	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	70	67.2	1	143586	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	70	67.2	6	143586,143587,143600,143601,143603,143605	2600
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	70	67.2	2	143586,143601	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	70	67.2	8	143581,143586,143596,143600,143601,143603,143604,143605	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	70	67.2	1	143600	7437
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	70	67.2	1	143586	180
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	70	67.2	1	143587	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	70	67.2	5	143587,143594,143600,143603,143604	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	70	67.2	1	143586	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	70	67.2	1	143586	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70	67.2	1	143586	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	70	67.2	1	143586	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70	67.2	2	143586,143600	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	70	67.2	1	143586	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	70	67.2	2	143586,143600	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	70	67.2	3	143586,143600,143601	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	70	67.2	1	143586	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	70	67.2	1	143586	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	70	67.2	5	143586,143600,143603,143604,143605	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	70	67.2	1	143594	2718

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_00000355	70	67.2	68.6±1.4	K-Ar				UAKA-77-50		Yes				31250	Arivaca District (Las Guijas District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Arivaca District	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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