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Locality Name:
Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 925
Youngest recorded age at locality: 57.2

mindat Locality ID: 31309
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31309.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 257
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 243

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Amole District
Juan Santa Cruz Picnic Grounds
Northern Tucson Mountains Agate Deposit

Latitude: 32°15'59"N
Longitude: 111°8'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.266388888889,-111.14027777778
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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ca F Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBournonite
BrauniteBrochantiteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDescloizite
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFornaciteGarnetGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMinium
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteVesuvianite

63 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cornetite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Minium  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stetefeldtite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S16015011450212793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)216015011452023419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)1601502145026,145033254
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)316015011450811534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)16015011450382734
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)16015011450571036
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)31601502145026,145033544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21601507145136,145153,145179,145181,145182,145203,1452115509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16015010145021,145053,145218,145219,145220,145221,145222,145227,145230,14523411547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61601502145026,145033413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71601501145053450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS416015011450065516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS392557.211449911089
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1601501145237483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61601502145026,1450331633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)92557.241144991,145038,145041,145053,145079,145080,145088,145094,145099,145101,145110,145138,145147,145159,145175,145177,145181,145187,145188,145189,145193,145201,145206,145207,145208,145210,145211,145216,145217,145219,145221,145223,145224,145225,145226,145227,145228,145230,145232,145233,14523527770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21601502145026,145033178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1601505145008,145021,145038,145053,1452284979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1601503145022,145069,1451995707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS292557.248144991,144992,145029,145030,145041,145043,145079,145088,145092,145093,145095,145097,145098,145104,145105,145106,145111,145115,145117,145118,145119,145120,145121,145125,145126,145128,145133,145138,145149,145151,145152,145153,145154,145159,145160,145175,145187,145192,145199,145203,145206,145207,145210,145213,145214,145215,145216,14523527198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1601502145021,1450531382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1601506145026,145029,145033,145038,145072,1451643531
Cornetite  (*)NoneCu3(PO4)(OH)31601502145026,14503326
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1601504145006,145026,145031,1450322970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1601501145038378
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O616015011450994135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)16015024144985,144986,144992,145032,145079,145085,145094,145098,145101,145103,145109,145111,145118,145143,145145,145146,145147,145159,145160,145175,145187,145212,145213,1452178173
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)1601502145008,14503885
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16015030145008,145029,145030,145038,145053,145205,145206,145207,145208,145209,145210,145211,145212,145213,145214,145218,145219,145220,145221,145222,145223,145224,145225,145226,145227,145230,145232,145234,145235,14523624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1601502145118,1451197437
Gold  (*)CopperAu92557.2030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1601506145056,145068,145085,145104,145194,1451956890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316015038144988,145008,145021,145038,145081,145082,145094,145109,145111,145112,145113,145115,145118,145119,145128,145129,145132,145133,145134,145136,145137,145142,145143,145144,145148,145150,145164,145170,145171,145172,145173,145175,145202,145203,145204,145207,145212,14523114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O16015011449831689
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)416015011450695591
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1601502145026,145033234
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O492557.20229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416015014145094,145099,145111,145112,145113,145115,145128,145134,145159,145160,145175,145202,145203,14521714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)292557.278144991,145026,145029,145031,145032,145033,145038,145078,145079,145081,145082,145083,145085,145086,145088,145089,145090,145091,145093,145097,145099,145100,145105,145106,145111,145112,145113,145117,145118,145119,145120,145122,145130,145133,145135,145136,145137,145138,145139,145140,145141,145142,145143,145155,145158,145159,145160,145162,145166,145168,145173,145174,145175,145177,145178,145179,145182,145183,145184,145185,145186,145187,145193,145200,145201,145203,145206,145207,145208,145210,145211,145212,145213,145215,145216,145225,145226,14522912537
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41601501145038247
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1601501145038362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216015015145000,145032,145050,145068,145069,145071,145073,145074,145113,145133,145156,145158,145187,145194,14519917380
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1601502145059,145237260
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO21601501145038158
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41601502145026,145033369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216015040144992,145000,145006,145029,145030,145032,145041,145043,145050,145064,145065,145068,145073,145074,145078,145081,145085,145093,145094,145098,145099,145106,145148,145154,145165,145185,145188,145192,145194,145195,145199,145201,145206,145208,145214,145216,145225,145226,145232,14523339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO292557.203106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S892557.25144991,145065,145068,145194,1451999056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21601509144992,144998,145021,145029,145038,145058,145064,145114,14523861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1601502145000,1450216417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1601502144993,1450082473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS92557.212144991,145008,145030,145212,145213,145214,145215,145232,145233,145234,145235,14523621482
Stetefeldtite  (*)PyrochloreAg2Sb2(O,OH)7160150114505322
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S392557.203418
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1601503145085,145088,1451751101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1392557.22144991,1450385317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)92557.20299
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1601501145056890
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1601501145038605
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O92557.20652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1092557.201395
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41601503145008,145009,145038303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41601504145008,145038,145204,1452311655


4 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_00000342160150155±5K-Ar  UAKA-67-200    31283Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USATucson Mts.Shafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_0000035272.268.870.5±1.7K-Ar  UAKA-75-49    31283Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USAAvra Quad.Shafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_00000335925865895±30K-Ar  UAKA-74-20  Muscovite 45005Busterville Mine, Avra, Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USABustervilleShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_000003646057.258.6±1.4K-Ar  UAKA-73-86    45005Busterville Mine, Avra, Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USABustervilleShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050024Old Yuma Mine (Yuma Mine), Saguaro National Monument, Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050024

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