Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tiger Mountain Area, Dripping Springs District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 77
Youngest recorded age at locality: 63

mindat Locality ID: 274706
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274706.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tiger Mountain Area, Dripping Springs District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Antelope Claim (Copper Depot Claim; Copper King Patented Claim; New Century Patented Claim; Iron King Patented Claim; Hoosier Boy Claim; Claims MS 2447)
Buckeye East Mine (Troy Manhattan Copper Co. Property; Buckeye Property)
Elder Gulch Prospects
Hackberry Gulch
Maybee Group (James Gaylor Claims)
Prince Of Wales Prospect
Rattler Mine (Troy Mine; Troy-Arizona Mine; Troy-Manhattan Mine; Troy Copper Co. Property)
Troy Ranch Prospect (Nearby Claims 2; Mary Alice Claims 8-21)

Latitude: 33°8'28"N
Longitude: 110°54'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.141111111111,-110.9075

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 C Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

15 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
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	77	63	2	145394,145395	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	145394	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	77	63	4	145389,145391,145394,145395	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	145389	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	145389	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	145391,145394	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	145389	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	145389	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	145394	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	77	63	1	145395	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	77	63	2	145394,145395	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	77	63	1	145395	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	145394	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	145389	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	145389	1655

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
	NAVDAT-30032	77	63	70±7					30032						130425	Troy Ranch Prospect (Nearby Claims 2; Mary Alice Claims 8-21), Tiger Mountain Area, Dripping Springs District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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