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Locality Name:
Castle Dome Mine (Castle Dome Deposit; Pinto Valley Deposit), Castle Dome Area (Castle Dome Mine Area; Pinto Valley Mine Area), Inspiration, 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: 28230
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28230.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castle Dome Mine (Castle Dome Deposit; Pinto Valley Deposit), Castle Dome Area (Castle Dome Mine Area; Pinto Valley Mine Area), Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°24'28"N
Longitude: 110°57'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.407777777778,-110.95472222222

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	Andalusite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Sulphur	Titanite	Turquoise	Wavellite	Zircon

Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beidellite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Molybdite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Titanite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Wavellite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Sulphur Titanite Turquoise Wavellite Zircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	59	59	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	59	59	2734
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	59	59	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	59	59	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	59	59	11547
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	59	59	85
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	59	59	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	59	59	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	59	59	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	59	59	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	59	59	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	59	59	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	59	59	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	59	59	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	59	59	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	59	59	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	59	59	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	59	59	24243
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	59	59	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	59	59	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	59	59	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	59	59	1689
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	59	59	144
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	59	59	62
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	59	59	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	59	59	5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	59	59	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	59	59	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	59	59	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	59	59	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	59	59	140
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	59	59	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	59	59	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	59	59	2349
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	59	59	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	59	59	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	59	59	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	59	59	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	59	59	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	59	59	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	59	59	4899
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	59	59	484
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	59	59	374
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	59	59	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	59	59	5251

4 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
PorphCu-00081	59	59	59				Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Fluorite, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Silver, Turquoise	Cu	28230	Castle Dome Mine (Castle Dome Deposit; Pinto Valley Deposit), Castle Dome Area (Castle Dome Mine Area; Pinto Valley Mine Area), Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Castle Dome	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
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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