Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Miami-Inspiration Deposit, 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: 276338
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276338.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miami-Inspiration Deposit, Miami, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Miami Mine

Latitude: 33°24'24"N
Longitude: 110°53'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.406666666667,-110.88527777778

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Enargite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Bi C Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Enargite Kaolinite Malachite Meneghinite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

16 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	61.6	54.4	1	138481	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	61.6	54.4	1	138481	315
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	61.6	54.4	1	138481	5509
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	61.6	54.4	1	138481	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	61.6	54.4	1	138481	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	61.6	54.4	1	138481	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	61.6	54.4	1	138481	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	61.6	54.4	1	138481	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	61.6	54.4	1	138481	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	61.6	54.4	1	138481	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	61.6	54.4	1	138481	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	61.6	54.4	1	138481	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	61.6	54.4	1	138481	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	61.6	54.4	1	138481	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	61.6	54.4	1	138481	5614
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	61.6	54.4	1	138481	1803

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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