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Locality Name:
Big Johnnie Gulch, Globe, 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: 274924
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274924.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Johnnie Gulch, Globe, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
New Dominion Mine (New Dominion Property; New Dominion Group; Stallo Deposit)

Latitude: 33°25'26"N
Longitude: 110°47'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.423888888889,-110.78805555556

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDescloiziteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PhenakitePyriteQuartzRutile

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS457.254.42138348,1383495516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)57.254.4113834827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)57.254.411383484979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS257.254.42138348,13834927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O57.254.411383483531
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)57.254.41138348378
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O357.254.4113834914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O57.254.411383481689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)257.254.4113834812537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS257.254.42138348,13834939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO257.254.411383483106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO257.254.4113834861156
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl57.254.41138348605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO457.254.41138348303



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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