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Locality Name:
San Luis Mts, Arivaca District (Las Guijas District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70
Youngest recorded age at locality: 67.2

mindat Locality ID: 34574
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34574.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Luis Mts, Arivaca District (Las Guijas District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Ajax Mine Group
Border Mine Group (Tunquepata Mine; Tunquita Mine)
Coñejo Mine (Conejo Mine; Cottontail Mine; Creese Mine; Benendo Mine; Brenda Mine; Brendo Mine)
Contact Mine (Old Bucket Mine; Rusty Red Mine; Tom Rigg Mine)
Easter Mine Group
Edwards Mine (Mother Lode Mine; Mother Lode Group)
Long Shot Mine Group
M.C.M. Mine Group (MCM Mine; Guadalupe Group)
San Luis Wash
Silver Crown Mine
Wilbur Canyon

Latitude: 31°32'5"N
Longitude: 111°21'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.534722222222,-111.36305555556

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: Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteChalcopyriteCopperDescloiziteNonePyriteRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)7067.211439034979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27067.23143897,143898,14390527198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7067.23143897,143899,14390524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu7067.25143898,143899,143901,143903,14390730554
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)7067.21143903362
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27067.23143897,143898,14390539462
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)7067.23143901,143902,1439084894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7067.22143897,14390521482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO47067.211439031655



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_000003557067.268.6±1.4K-Ar  UAKA-77-50 Yes  31250Arivaca District (Las Guijas District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USAArivaca DistrictShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 


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