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Locality Name:
Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman Group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 3335
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3335.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman Group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°58'37"N
Longitude: 110°19'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.976944444444,-110.33111111111
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: Al B C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteAxiniteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteEpidoteEttringiteFluorite
GarnetGypsumHopeiteIlvaiteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinel

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Creedite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hopeite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganbabingtonite  (*)
Nekoite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)35633.901534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)5633.903250
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)25633.9088
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5633.9027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S5633.905707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25633.9027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS5633.904165
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O5633.9048
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5633.908173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25633.909617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5633.9024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5633.906890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O65633.90741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35633.9014640
Hopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O5633.9029
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)5633.90197
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O65633.9073
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)25633.90234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45633.9014899
Manganbabingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Mn2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)5633.906
Nekoite  (*)NoneCa3Si6O15·7H2O5633.908
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25633.9039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25633.9061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5633.9021482
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O5633.90183


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
sedznpb-004435633.9Eocene?     Yes  29785Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USAAravaipaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-143Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman Group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USAhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-126-to-fkm-150/#FKM-143
R060093Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman Group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060093
R050222Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman Group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050222
R050202Iron Cap Mine, Landsman Camp (Landsman Group), Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050202

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