Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Miami, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 64.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 54.4

mindat Locality ID: 3359
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3359.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miami, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Bluebird Mine (Bluebird Group)
Cariota Mine
Copper Cities Mine Area
Geneva Mine (Geneva Claim)
Joe Bush Pit
Lost Gulch Area
Miami East Mine
Miami-Inspiration Deposit
Oxhide Mine (Lower Ox Hide Mine; Upper Ox Hide Mine; Schultze Mine; Schultze Group)
Porphyry Mountain Area
R And H Group
Ralston Group
Sho Me Mining Claims
Sleeping Beauty Peak
Thornton Pit
Unspecified Water Borehole
Van Dyke Mine (Van Dyke Shaft; Van Dyke Deposit; Van Dyke Claim; Oxymin's Van Dyke Deposit)

Latitude: 33°24'40"N
Longitude: 110°53'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.411111111111,-110.89027777778

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Covellite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Meneghinite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Likasite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Plumbogummite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Turquoise ()*
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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo N Na O P Pb S Si Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Covellite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Meneghinite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Turquoise Wurtzite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	61.6	54.4	1	138481	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	61.6	54.4	1	138481	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	61.6	54.4	1	138490	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	61.6	54.4	1	138495	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	61.6	54.4	1	138490	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	64.4	54.4	7	138465,138466,138479,138481,138482,138490,138495	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	61.6	54.4	1	138479	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	61.6	54.4	2	138490,138492	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	61.6	54.4	1	138475	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	61.6	54.4	4	138479,138481,138490,138495	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	61.6	54.4	5	138479,138481,138490,138491,138495	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	64.4	54.4	7	138465,138471,138479,138481,138482,138493,138495	3531
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	61.6	54.4	1	138490	1025
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	61.6	54.4	1	138493	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	61.6	54.4	2	138479,138494	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	64.4	54.4	4	138465,138479,138481,138490	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	61.6	54.4	2	138479,138482	2970
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	61.6	54.4	1	138481	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	61.6	54.4	1	138490	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	61.6	59.2	1	138490	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	61.6	54.4	1	138495	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	61.6	54.4	4	138479,138481,138490,138491	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	61.6	54.4	2	138475,138477	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	61.6	54.4	2	138490,138491	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	61.6	54.4	1	138490	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	61.6	54.4	1	138481	5591
Likasite ()*	None	Cu₃(NO₃)(OH)₅·2H₂O	61.6	54.4	1	138490	11
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	64.4	54.4	8	138465,138466,138469,138479,138481,138482,138490,138495	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	61.6	54.4	2	138490,138491	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	61.6	59.2	3	138475,138479,138490	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	61.6	54.4	1	138490	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	61.6	54.4	3	138479,138481,138490	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	61.6	54.4	1	138481	471
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	61.6	54.4	1	138490	2349
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	61.6	54.4	1	138491	170
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	61.6	54.4	1	138493	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	61.6	54.4	5	138479,138481,138490,138492,138495	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61.6	54.4	3	138470,138475,138490	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	61.6	54.4	1	138481	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	61.6	54.4	3	138470,138473,138475	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	61.6	54.4	3	138479,138490,138491	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	61.6	54.4	2	138470,138475	156
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	61.6	54.4	1	138481	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	61.6	54.4	2	138482,138495	1101
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	61.6	54.4	2	138490,138492	484
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	61.6	59.2	3	138475,138478,138492	1655

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	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
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
Mo-00258	61.6	59.2		K-Ar		Yes	Koechlinite, Lindgrenite, Molybdenite, Powellite	Mo	50636	Inspiration Mine, Miami-Inspiration Deposit, Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA		Creasey (1980)	10.2113/gsecongeo.75.6.830	EG75_830
NAVDAT-51606	64.4	61.8	63.1±1.3		51606				132663	Bluebird Mine (Bluebird Group), Miami, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
Mo-00280	61.6	59.2		K-Ar		Yes	Powellite, Szenicsite	Mo	61469	Carlota Mine (Carlotta Mine; Carlota Property; Carlota Deposit; Cactus Deposit; Brewery Mine; Brewery Claims; Alexander Mine), Top Of The World, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA		Creasey (1980)	10.2113/gsecongeo.75.6.830	EG75_830

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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