Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Riverside District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 72
Youngest recorded age at locality: 59

mindat Locality ID: 287567
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287567.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Riverside District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Gila River
Grayback [peak] Area
Kelvin
Kelvin Area
Riverside
Riverside Area

Latitude: 33°6'49"N
Longitude: 111°'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.113611111111,-111.00666666667

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	Amorphous	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Turquoise

Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoclase ()*
Copper ()*	Dioptase ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lindgrenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Realgar ()*	Torbernite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 C Cu Fe H K Mo O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite None Orpiment Pyrite Turquoise

22 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
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	146017	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	145999,146013	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			6	145997,146008,146010,146013,146016,146017	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			8	145998,145999,146002,146010,146011,146013,146016,146017	3531
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	72	59	1	146004	127
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	146010	3846
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O			1	146023	164
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O			1	146013	345
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	146008,146011	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	146017	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	146010	5591
Lindgrenite ()*	None	Cu₃(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₂(OH)₂	72	59	1	146004	21
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			6	146002,146010,146011,146013,146016,146017	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	146005,146013	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	146013	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	145993	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	146003	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	146013	39462
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	146003	712
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	146015	1059
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	146015	484
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	146009	2718

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
	Mo-00257	72	59		U-Th-Pb?, Pb-Pb?								Lindgrenite	Mo	50556	Hull Claims, Kelvin, Riverside District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Ray Volcanics	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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