Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cienega Creek, The Narrows, Empire District, Empire Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1405
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1345

mindat Locality ID: 277977
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277977.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cienega Creek, The Narrows, Empire District, Empire Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Total Wreck Mine

Latitude: 31°53'43"N
Longitude: 110°35'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.895277777778,-110.59194444444

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Descloizite	Gypsum
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Plattnerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Descloizite Gypsum
Malachite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite

23 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1405	1345	1	143741	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1405	1345	1	143741	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1405	1345	1	143741	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1405	1345	1	143741	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1405	1345	1	143741	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1405	1345	1	143741	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1405	1345	1	143741	3531
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1405	1345	1	143741	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1405	1345	1	143741	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1405	1345	1	143741	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1405	1345	1	143741	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1405	1345	1	143741	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1405	1345	1	143741	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1405	1345	1	143741	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1405	1345	1	143741	362
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1405	1345	1	143741	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1405	1345	1	143741	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1405	1345	1	143741	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1405	1345	1	143741	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1405	1345	1	143741	2473
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1405	1345	1	143741	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1405	1345	1	143741	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1405	1345	1	143741	1655

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	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	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000322	1405	1345	1375±30	K-Ar				UAKA-57-14		Yes		Muscovite		31691	Empire District, Empire Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Empire Mountains	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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