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Locality Name:
Turnbull Mts, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25.64
Youngest recorded age at locality: 24.26

mindat Locality ID: 293421
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293421.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Turnbull Mts, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Graham Co., Arizona, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Aravaipa District
Stanley District

Latitude: 33°0'32"N
Longitude: 110°16'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.008888888889,-110.27027777778

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Fluorite
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Titanite

Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Epidote Fluorite
Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Titanite

20 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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	139604	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	139596,139604	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	139596	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	139596,139604	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	139596,139604	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	25.64	24.26	3	139590,139596,139604	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25.64	24.26	4	139590,139596,139600,139604	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	25.64	24.26	2	139590,139596	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	25.64	24.26	1	139590	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	139604	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	25.64	24.26	1	139590	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	139596	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			4	139593,139594,139596,139604	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	139593,139594,139599	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	139596,139599,139604	12537
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	139604	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	139596,139599,139600	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	139603	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	139596	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	25.64	24.26	1	139590	4899

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_00000393	25.64	24.26	24.95±0.69	K-Ar				UAKA-73-16						47816	Fisher Prospect, Turnbull Mountain, Aravaipa District, Turnbull Mts, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Graham Co., Arizona, USA	Fisher Prospect	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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