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Locality Name:
Amole Mine Group, Saginaw Hill (Saginaw Property), Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 34541
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34541.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amole Mine Group, Saginaw Hill (Saginaw Property), Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Beehive Peak
Palo Verde Mine
Papago Queen Mine (Saginaw Hill Mine; Gold Hill Mine)
Saginaw Mine
South Side Of Saginaw Hill

Latitude: 32°8'35"N
Longitude: 111°4'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.143055555556,-111.07

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: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteAtacamiteBrochantiteCarminiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidote
MalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Carminite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cornetite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)1601501145033254
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)31601501145033544
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61601501145033413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)616015011450331633
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21601501145033178
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21601502145029,14503027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1601502145029,1450333531
Cornetite  (*)NoneCu3(PO4)(OH)3160150114503326
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1601502145031,1450322970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)16015011450328173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1601502145029,14503024243
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1601501145033234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21601504145029,145031,145032,14503312537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2160150114503217380
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41601501145033369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21601503145029,145030,14503239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2160150114502961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS160150114503021482



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_00000342160150155±5K-Ar  UAKA-67-200 Yes  31283Amole District, Tucson Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USATucson Mts.Shafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 


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