Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Globe, 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: 3327
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3327.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Globe, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Albert Lea Mine (Albert Lea Property; Lea Tunnels; Albert Lea Tunnels)
Alex Claims
Badger Mine (Sultan Group)
Beacon Mine
Berkley Mine
Big Iron No. 1 & 2 Mine (Big Iron Group)
Big Johnnie Gulch
Blue Ball Mine (Blueball Mine; Azurite Property)
Blue Cap Mine
Bonanza Mine
Centennial Mine
Centralia Mine
Globe Placers
Hechman Mine
Helen Mine
Mexican Mine
North Of Globe
Old Dominion Limestone Quarry
Old Dominion Mine Area
Old Dominion Vein System
Old Globe Mine
Tiger Mine
True Blue Mine
Unnamed Limestone Quarry
Vermont Mine

Latitude: 33°25'2"N
Longitude: 110°46'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.417222222222,-110.78055555556

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Epidote	Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Volborthite

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 Au Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Descloizite Epidote Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite
Malachite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Volborthite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Birnessite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Buserite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*
Descloizite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Takanelite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Volborthite ()*
Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	57.2	54.4	1	138370	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	57.2	54.4	1	138370	966
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	57.2	54.4	2	138350,138374	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	57.2	54.4	1	138350	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	57.2	54.4	1	138357	178
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	57.2	54.4	3	138348,138349,138370	5516
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	57.2	54.4	1	138358	227
Buserite ()*	None	Na₄Mn₁₄O₂₇·21H₂O (?)	57.2	54.4	1	138357	10
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	57.2	54.4	8	138341,138345,138346,138348,138358,138363,138370,138374	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	57.2	54.4	2	138341,138348	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	57.2	54.4	1	138370	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	57.2	54.4	4	138350,138368,138370,138378	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	57.2	54.4	5	138348,138349,138350,138369,138370	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	57.2	54.4	3	138351,138359,138370	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	57.2	54.4	4	138348,138368,138370,138374	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	57.2	54.4	0		951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	57.2	54.4	1	138370	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	57.2	54.4	1	138370	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	57.2	54.4	1	138357	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	57.2	54.4	3	138350,138368,138370	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	57.2	54.4	3	138341,138348,138365	378
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	57.2	54.4	3	138363,138368,138370	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	57.2	54.4	2	138341,138370	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	57.2	54.4	8	138343,138352,138353,138356,138357,138360,138365,138375	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	57.2	54.4	2	138365,138370	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	57.2	54.4	1	138350	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	57.2	54.4	5	138341,138349,138357,138369,138370	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	57.2	54.4	2	138341,138348	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	57.2	54.4	1	138357	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	57.2	54.4	3	138341,138350,138370	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	57.2	54.4	1	138357	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	57.2	54.4	5	138348,138350,138368,138370,138374	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	57.2	54.4	1	138341	202
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	57.2	54.4	1	138370	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	57.2	54.4	1	138350	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	57.2	54.4	1	138370	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	57.2	54.4	5	138348,138349,138350,138369,138370	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	57.2	54.4	4	138345,138346,138348,138357	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	57.2	54.4	8	138341,138348,138350,138357,138358,138368,138370,138374	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	57.2	54.4	1	138357	177
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	57.2	54.4	1	138357	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	57.2	54.4	8	138343,138351,138352,138353,138359,138360,138370,138375	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	57.2	54.4	1	138370	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	57.2	54.4	1	138370	332
Takanelite ()*	None	(Mn²⁺,Ca)_2x(Mn⁴⁺)_1-xO₂·0.7H₂O	57.2	54.4	1	138357	18
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	57.2	54.4	1	138374	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	57.2	54.4	2	138370,138372	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	57.2	54.4	1	138370	2718
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	57.2	54.4	3	138341,138348,138364	605
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	57.2	54.4	1	138361	155
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	57.2	54.4	1	138348	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	57.2	54.4	1	138341	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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