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Locality Name:
Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 262447
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262447.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ellis Vein
Henderson Property (Iron Clad Mine; Pinto Sulphide Mine)
King Copper Group (Harry Hawser Property)
Lonesome Pine And Esther Groups
Madera Prospect (Madera Claims)

Latitude: 33°19'56"N
Longitude: 110°53'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.332222222222,-110.89666666667
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: Cu Fe H Mo O S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteMolybdeniteNonePyrite

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2000011387995707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2200002138795,13879927198
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O200001138799345
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2200002138795,1387995800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2200002138795,13879939462


8 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
NAVDAT-51585200001000±1000   51585    133314Lonesome Pine And Esther Groups, Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51586200001000±1000   51586    133314Lonesome Pine And Esther Groups, Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-5159962.860.661.7±1.1   51599    133314Lonesome Pine And Esther Groups, Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51601200001000±1000   51601    133314Lonesome Pine And Esther Groups, Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51621200001000±1000   51621    133314Lonesome Pine And Esther Groups, Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51623200001000±1000   51623    133314Lonesome Pine And Esther Groups, Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51624200001000±1000   51624    133314Lonesome Pine And Esther Groups, Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51584200001000±1000   51584    56520Madera Prospect (Madera Claims), Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 

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