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Locality Name:
Wrightson District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 68.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65.4

mindat Locality ID: 34320
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34320.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wrightson District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Adolfo-Compromise Prospect
Armada Mine
Big Casa Blanca Canyon
Double Eagle Mine
Dragon Z Mine (Dragon No. 1; Draga Z Mine)
Hilltop Mine
Last Chance Mine
Lead King Mine (O'Neals Mine)
Lee Mine (Lee Group; Lee Claim; Solomon Claim; Yellow Aster Claim; Blac Top Claim; Fraction Claim; Monticello Claim)
Los Burritos Prospect (Lucky Jim Prospect ?)
Lucky Jim Mine (Los Burritos Prospect ?)
Mary Juanita Mine (Mary Juanita Claims)
Mount Wrightson
Patagonia
Sonoita Prospect
Star Mine (Star Prospect)
Temporal Gulch

Latitude: 31°36'21"N
Longitude: 110°48'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.605833333333,-110.80916666667

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	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Malachite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Descloizite ()*
Diaboleite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Kaolinite Malachite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite

42 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	68.4	65.4	4	147191,147202,147204,147205	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	68.4	65.4	1	147200	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	68.4	65.4	1	147200	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	68.4	65.4	4	147173,147194,147196,147198	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	68.4	65.4	9	147178,147185,147191,147192,147194,147196,147197,147207,147216	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	68.4	65.4	4	147205,147207,147208,147216	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	68.4	65.4	1	147205	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	68.4	65.4	7	147178,147191,147199,147200,147204,147207,147216	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	68.4	65.4	5	147188,147194,147196,147201,147216	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	68.4	65.4	4	147204,147205,147212,147216	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	68.4	65.4	14	147178,147185,147191,147196,147197,147202,147204,147205,147207,147208,147212,147214,147216,147217	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	68.4	65.4	1	147191	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	68.4	65.4	2	147198,147201	3531
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	68.4	65.4	1	147196	127
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	68.4	65.4	1	147201	378
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄	68.4	65.4	1	147199	57
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	68.4	65.4	2	147198,147200	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	68.4	65.4	1	147200	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	68.4	65.4	1	147200	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	68.4	65.4	15	147178,147185,147191,147192,147193,147194,147196,147197,147202,147204,147207,147208,147209,147214,147216	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	68.4	65.4	1	147201	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	68.4	65.4	3	147188,147189,147200	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	68.4	65.4	1	147198	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	68.4	65.4	4	147201,147204,147205,147217	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	68.4	65.4	1	147201	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	68.4	65.4	1	147200	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	68.4	65.4	2	147200,147205	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	68.4	65.4	6	147173,147194,147196,147198,147200,147216	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	68.4	65.4	1	147196	915
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	68.4	65.4	1	147201	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	68.4	65.4	1	147201	362
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	68.4	65.4	1	147196	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	68.4	65.4	13	147178,147185,147191,147196,147197,147202,147204,147205,147207,147208,147214,147216,147217	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	68.4	65.4	1	147188	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	68.4	65.4	8	147178,147190,147192,147199,147200,147201,147207,147216	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	68.4	65.4	1	147188	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	68.4	65.4	8	147178,147185,147191,147192,147196,147204,147207,147216	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	68.4	65.4	1	147217	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	68.4	65.4	11	147191,147192,147194,147196,147197,147202,147204,147205,147207,147208,147216	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	68.4	65.4	1	147202	2718
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	68.4	65.4	1	147201	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	68.4	65.4	3	147188,147200,147201	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_00000357	68.4	65.4	66.9±1.5	K-Ar	Age of mineralization of quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration assemblage in Triassic volcanic rock			UAKA-73-158						34320	Wrightson District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	Mount Wrightston Quad.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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