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Locality Name:
Coyote Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 51.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 49.7

mindat Locality ID: 296482
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296482.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coyote Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Coyote District

Latitude: 32°2'45"N
Longitude: 111°30'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.045833333333,-111.51083333333

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.

Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Kaolinite	Meneghinite	None	Quartz	Tetrahedrite

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Kaolinite Meneghinite None Quartz Tetrahedrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Mercury ()*	Quartz ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	51.9	49.7	1	144906	315
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	51.9	49.7	1	144906	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	51.9	49.7	1	144906	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	51.9	49.7	1	144906	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	51.9	49.7	1	144906	8173
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	51.9	49.7	1	144906	5591
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	51.9	49.7	1	144906	397
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	51.9	49.7	1	144906	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	51.9	49.7	1	144906	5317

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_00000374	51.9	49.7	50.8±1.1	K-Ar				UAKA-77-60						35638	Roadside Mine (St. Francis Mine; Coyote Claim), Pan Tak, Coyote District, Coyote Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Roadside Formation	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201	Sample is partially propylitized

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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