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Locality Name:
Black Peak Area, Copper Hill, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 57.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 54.4

mindat Locality ID: 274751
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274751.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Peak Area, Copper Hill, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Big Lead Prospect
Black Peak
Buckeye Mountain
California Mine (California Group Of Claims; American Group; Globe Commercial Copper Mine; Globe Manganese Mine)
Dime & Stonewall Deposits (Dime-Stonewall Veins)
Emerald And Le Roi Mine
Ireland Mine (Ireland Shaft; Silver Star Lead Property)
Iron Hive Mine
Iron King & Red Oxide Mine (Iron King Claim; Red Oxide Claim)
Livingston Group Mine
Marley Patented Claim MS 3790 (Morley Claim)
New Orleans Mine (New Orleans Claim)
Nip And Tuck Prospect
Old Dominion Vein System
Pontiac Mine (Pontiac Claim)
Superior & Globe Group Of Claims
Superior And Boston Mine (Superior & Boston Mine; Great Eastern Claim; Great Eastern Shaft; Black Oxide Mine)
Telfair Mine (Telfair Claim; Telfair Shaft; Telfair Patent MS 667 Claim; Arizona And Michigan Claims)
Unspecified Placers
Vacey-Constance Claim
Vacy Constance Mine (Extension Mine)
Vance Mine

Latitude: 33°26'29"N
Longitude: 110°45'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.441388888889,-110.7625

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 As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFluorite
MalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S57.254.411382912793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)57.254.411382952734
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)57.254.410138288,138289,138295,138297,138301,138310,138311,138312,138315,13831627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S57.254.45138304,138305,138308,138309,1383185707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS257.254.43138286,138304,13830827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl57.254.411382931382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O57.254.44138284,138286,138288,1383043531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)57.254.42138305,138318363
Copper  (*)CopperCu57.254.411382913846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O57.254.46138284,138286,138288,138291,138292,1383082970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS57.254.42138291,13829524243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O357.254.47138284,138287,138288,138291,138292,138308,13831814640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)257.254.44138284,138288,138304,13830812537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)57.254.42138289,138311770
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)257.254.4113828617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS257.254.42138308,13831839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO257.254.410138289,138296,138297,138301,138310,138312,138313,138315,138316,1383193106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO257.254.4113831661156
Silver  (*)CopperAg57.254.411383205186
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO257.254.411383082718



1 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
Giersdorf_0000036757.254.455.8±1.4K-Ar  UAKA-69-10 Yes  24945Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USAGlobe Quad.Shafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 


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