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Locality Name:
Apache Mine (Defiance Mine; Defiance Lead Mine; Apache Vanadium Mine; Defiance Vein; Vanadium Shaft), Radium, Burch Area, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 57.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 54.4

mindat Locality ID: 3323
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3323.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Apache Mine (Defiance Mine; Defiance Lead Mine; Apache Vanadium Mine; Defiance Vein; Vanadium Shaft), Radium, Burch Area, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°28'10"N
Longitude: 110°48'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.469444444444,-110.81472222222

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Clay	Covellite	Descloizite	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Malachite	Matlockite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Phenakite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Boleite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Matlockite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu F H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Clay Covellite Descloizite Fluorite
Kaolinite Malachite Matlockite Mica None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Phenakite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	57.2	54.4	2734
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	57.2	54.4	65
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	57.2	54.4	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	57.2	54.4	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	57.2	54.4	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	57.2	54.4	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	57.2	54.4	4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	57.2	54.4	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	57.2	54.4	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	57.2	54.4	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	57.2	54.4	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	57.2	54.4	1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	57.2	54.4	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	57.2	54.4	12537
Matlockite ()*	Matlockite	PbClF	57.2	54.4	29
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	57.2	54.4	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	57.2	54.4	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	57.2	54.4	306
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	57.2	54.4	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	57.2	54.4	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	57.2	54.4	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	57.2	54.4	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	57.2	54.4	1655

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_00000367	57.2	54.4	55.8±1.4	K-Ar				UAKA-69-10		Yes				24945	Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Globe Quad.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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