Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Old Yuma Mine (Yuma Mine), Saguaro National Monument, Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 150

mindat Locality ID: 3372
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3372.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Old Yuma Mine (Yuma Mine), Saguaro National Monument, Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°18'53"N
Longitude: 111°7'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.314722222222,-111.12111111111

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	Calcite	Corundum	Descloizite	Fornacite	Malachite	Minium
None	Phenakite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Descloizite ()*
Fornacite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Minium ()*
Mottramite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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: Al As C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum Descloizite Fornacite Malachite Minium
None Phenakite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	160	150	2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	160	150	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	160	150	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	160	150	3531
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	160	150	378
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	160	150	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	160	150	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	160	150	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	160	150	12537
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	160	150	247
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	160	150	362
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	160	150	158
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	160	150	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	160	150	5317
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	160	150	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	160	150	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	160	150	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_00000342	160	150	155±5	K-Ar				UAKA-67-200		Yes				31283	Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Tucson Mts.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050024	Old Yuma Mine (Yuma Mine), Saguaro National Monument, Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R050024

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