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Locality Name:
Table Mountain District, Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 30
Youngest recorded age at locality: 24

mindat Locality ID: 277094
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277094.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Table Mountain District, Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pass Between Little And Big Table Mountains
Table Mountain Area

Latitude: 32°48'48"N
Longitude: 110°29'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.813333333333,-110.49527777778

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneApatiteBaryteCopperCorundumMalachiteMixiteNonePhenakite
PlancheiteQuartzScheelite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Austinite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Dioptase  (*)
Duftite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Mixite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Quartz  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)114558171
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114558111547
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11455813531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)1145581363
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O1145581164
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)1145581220
Gold  (*)CopperAu114558130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114558114640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114558112537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11455811107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1145581168
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O114558174
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO230242145579,14558161156
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1145581605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41145581303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411455811655



2 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
NAVDAT-5366302427±3   5366    52581Pass Between Little And Big Table Mountains, Table Mountain District, Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-5374302427±3   5374    52581Pass Between Little And Big Table Mountains, Table Mountain District, Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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