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Locality Name:
Superior Area, Mineral Mountain District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1110
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1050

mindat Locality ID: 293494
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293494.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Superior Area, Mineral Mountain District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Reymert Canyon

Latitude: 33°14'40"N
Longitude: 111°12'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.244444444444,-111.20083333333
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: Ag Al As Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sr V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCopperCoronaditeCorundum
FluoriteIlvaiteJalpaiteLepidocrociteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)
Jalpaite  (*)Kentrolite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Melanotekite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Shattuckite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1110105011457802793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1110105011457802734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6111010501145780919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21110105011457805509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11101050114578011547
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr111010501145780227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11101050114578027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1110105011457804979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1110105011457805707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O111010501145780197
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1110105011457801382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1110105011457803531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1110105011457803846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16111010501145780227
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16111010501145780599
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21110105011457809617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11101050114578024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O311101050114578014640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16111010501145780243
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)111010501145780197
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2111010501145780116
Kentrolite  (*)NonePb2Mn3+2O2(Si2O7)11101050114578022
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)111010501145780581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211101050114578012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)111010501145780770
Melanotekite  (*)NonePb2Fe3+2O2(Si2O7)11101050114578022
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1110105011457801107
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1110105011457802994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211101050114578039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21110105011457803106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211101050114578061156
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)211101050114578071
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1110105011457806417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1110105011457805186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11101050114578021482
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O111010501145780433
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl111010501145780605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4111010501145780303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41110105011457801655


1 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
Giersdorf_00000334111010501080±30K-Ar  UAKA-65-03    5897Reymert Mine (Denoon Property; Devoux Property; Asia Claim; Australia Claim; America Claim; Africa Claim; Europe Claim; Alaska Shaft; Great Pacific), Reymert Canyon, Superior Area, Mineral Mountain District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USAReymert MineShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 

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