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Locality Name:
Mansfield Mine Group (Mansfield No. 1 And 2), Mansfield Gulch (Mansfield Canyon), Temporal Gulch, 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: 34341
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34341.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mansfield Mine Group (Mansfield No. 1 And 2), Mansfield Gulch (Mansfield Canyon), Temporal Gulch, Wrightson District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Black Cap Mine (Black Cap Claim)
Gone Gosling Claim
Lee Mine
Mansfield Mine
Ruby Mine
Rupert Mine
Sweet Mine

Latitude: 31°36'15"N
Longitude: 110°50'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.604166666667,-110.84277777778

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)68.465.4011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS468.465.411472085516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)68.465.4027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S68.465.411472125707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS268.465.43147208,147212,14721427198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS68.465.43147208,147209,14721424243
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS268.465.42147208,14721439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO268.465.4061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS68.465.4021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1368.465.411472085317



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
Giersdorf_0000035768.465.466.9±1.5K-ArAge of mineralization of quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration assemblage in Triassic volcanic rock UAKA-73-158 Yes  34320Wrightson District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USAMount Wrightston Quad.Shafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 


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