Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Box Canyon, Greaterville District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 276478
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276478.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Box Canyon, Greaterville District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Irwin-Ainsa Meteorite (Tucson Meteorite)
Unnamed Prospects

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.

Copper	Feldspar	Iron	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Wilkmanite

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 Au Ca Cr Fe Mg Ni O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Feldspar Iron None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Wilkmanite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Brezinaite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Iron ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Taenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	144230	1036
Brezinaite ()*	Wilkmanite	Cr₃S₄	1	144230	7
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	144230	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	144230	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	144230	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	144231	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	144231	30554
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	144230	1089
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	144231	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	144231	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	144230	374
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	144230	703

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070042	Irwin-Ainsa Meteorite (Tucson Meteorite), Box Canyon, Greaterville District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R070042

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