Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Old Mission Mine (Old Bat Mine), Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 34537
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34537.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 32°10'3"N
Longitude: 111°1'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.1675,-111.02194444444

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	None	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Ba C Cl Fe O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Ba C Cl Fe O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum None Quartz Rocksalt

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Hematite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	160	150	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	160	150	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	160	150	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	160	150	1382
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	160	150	14640
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	160	150	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	160	150	6417

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

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