Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Four Metals Mine (Guajolote Mine; Frisco Mine; Red Hill Crosscut; Red Mountain Mine; Phoenix Claims; Hillside Claims), Red Hill, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 61.2

mindat Locality ID: 34206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Four Metals Mine (Guajolote Mine; Frisco Mine; Red Hill Crosscut; Red Mountain Mine; Phoenix Claims; Hillside Claims), Red Hill, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°23'51"N
Longitude: 110°44'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.3975,-110.73611111111

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Marcasite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Spinel

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 Au C Cu Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au C Cu Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Marcasite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt
Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	63.8	61.2	2793
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	63.8	61.2	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	63.8	61.2	27198
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	63.8	61.2	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	63.8	61.2	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	63.8	61.2	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	63.8	61.2	1689
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	63.8	61.2	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	63.8	61.2	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	63.8	61.2	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	63.8	61.2	39462
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	63.8	61.2	1711

2 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_00000363	63.8	61.2	62.5±1.3	K-Ar				UAKA-77-29						34206	Four Metals Mine (Guajolote Mine; Frisco Mine; Red Hill Crosscut; Red Mountain Mine; Phoenix Claims; Hillside Claims), Red Hill, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	Four Metals Mine	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201
	Mo-00271	65	65								Yes		Molybdenite, Wulfenite	Mo	53936	Santo Niño Mine Area, San Antonio Canyon, Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	Santo Nino Mine	Corn (1975)	10.2113/gsecongeo.70.8.1437	EG70_1437

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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