Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sleeping Beauty Peak, Miami, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 61.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 54.4

mindat Locality ID: 275802
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275802.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sleeping Beauty Peak, Miami, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Copper Cities Mine Area
Foot Of Sleeping Beauty Peak

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Turquoise

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*	Likasite ()*	Malachite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Turquoise ()*
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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo N Na O P Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Turquoise

26 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	61.6	54.4	1	138490	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	61.6	54.4	1	138490	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	61.6	54.4	1	138490	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	61.6	54.4	2	138490,138492	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	61.6	54.4	1	138490	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	61.6	54.4	2	138490,138491	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	61.6	54.4	1	138490	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	61.6	54.4	1	138490	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	61.6	54.4	1	138490	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	61.6	59.2	1	138490	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	61.6	54.4	2	138490,138491	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	61.6	54.4	2	138490,138491	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	61.6	54.4	1	138490	2228
Likasite ()*	None	Cu₃(NO₃)(OH)₅·2H₂O	61.6	54.4	1	138490	11
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	61.6	54.4	1	138490	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	61.6	54.4	2	138490,138491	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	61.6	59.2	1	138490	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	61.6	54.4	1	138490	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	61.6	54.4	1	138490	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	61.6	54.4	1	138490	2349
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	61.6	54.4	1	138491	170
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	61.6	54.4	2	138490,138492	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61.6	54.4	1	138490	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	61.6	54.4	2	138490,138491	21482
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	61.6	54.4	2	138490,138492	484
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	61.6	59.2	1	138492	1655

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	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
Giersdorf_00000367	57.2	54.4	55.8±1.4	K-Ar	UAKA-69-10	Yes			24945	Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Globe Quad.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201
Mo-00258	61.6	59.2		K-Ar		Yes	Koechlinite, Lindgrenite, Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	50636	Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration Deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA		Creasey (1980)	10.2113/gsecongeo.75.6.830	EG75_830
Mo-00280	61.6	59.2		K-Ar		Yes	Powellite, Szenicsite	Mo	61469	Carlota Mine (Carlotta Mine; Carlota Property; Carlota Deposit; Cactus Deposit; Brewery Mine; Brewery Claims; Alexander Mine), Top Of The World, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA		Creasey (1980)	10.2113/gsecongeo.75.6.830	EG75_830

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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