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Locality Name:
Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 67
Youngest recorded age at locality: 58

mindat Locality ID: 274790
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274790.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sierrita Mine (Duval-Sierrita Mine; Duval Esperanza Mine; Sierrita Open Pit Mine)

Latitude: 31°52'13"N
Longitude: 111°7'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.870277777778,-111.13277777778
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: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Bassanite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)675811445931588
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O6758114459382
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4675811445935516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6758114459327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S675811445935707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26758114459327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O675811445933531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O675811445932970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)675811445938173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2675811445939617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6758114459324243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O675811445936890
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46758114459314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26758114459312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2675811445935674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2675811445935800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26758114459339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26758114459361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6758114459321482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13675811445931803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO675811445931101
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)675811445931025


5 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
EG94_211-00050676767Pb-Pb whole rock?KD-GR2-1    22945Sierrita Mine (Duval-Sierrita Mine; Duval Esperanza Mine; Sierrita Open Pit Mine), Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USASierritaBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00051676767Pb-Pb whole rock?D-MR2-2    22945Sierrita Mine (Duval-Sierrita Mine; Duval Esperanza Mine; Sierrita Open Pit Mine), Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USASierritaBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00052636363Pb-Pb whole rock?RS-MR-5    22945Sierrita Mine (Duval-Sierrita Mine; Duval Esperanza Mine; Sierrita Open Pit Mine), Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USASierritaBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00053585858Pb-Pb whole rock?TWB-Pa    22945Sierrita Mine (Duval-Sierrita Mine; Duval Esperanza Mine; Sierrita Open Pit Mine), Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USASierritaBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00054585858Pb-Pb whole rock?QL-85-1    22945Sierrita Mine (Duval-Sierrita Mine; Duval Esperanza Mine; Sierrita Open Pit Mine), Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USASierritaBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 

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