Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Baboquivari District, Baboquivari Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 29.7

mindat Locality ID: 35365
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35365.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baboquivari District, Baboquivari Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 81
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 73

Number of Child Localities: 72
Child Localities:
Alta Group
Apex Group (Meras No. 4; Marie Jane; Josie G; K Group)
Arizona Molybdenum Mine (Arizona Molybdenum Co. Mine)
Baboquivari Mine (Black Diamond Group; Red And Black Chief Group)
Baboquivari Mountains Mine (Baboquivari Mountains Silica Occurrence)
Baboquivari Peak Wilderness Area
Baboquivari Placers
Beach And Little George Mine (Hazel Tunnel; Silver Cloud Incline)
Berkley Mine
Big Banana Mine (Maude Claim; Big Banana Nos. 1-2-3 Claims)
Big Juanita Mine Group (Brown Prospect)
Black Dragon Group
Black Hawk Mine
Bonito 1 And 2 Mine
Boston Mine
Bronze Mine
Cable And Gajewski Claim
Calvert Prospects (Terry Marie Nos. 1 & 2 Prospects; Terry Marie No. 1-3; Nelsons Pride Mine; Nelson's Pride No. 1-4)
Cautivo Mine
Conservation Mine
Contreras Canyon
Copper Bell Mine
Diablo Prospect (Diablo Copper Prospect)
Dutch No. 1 Mine
Edna J. Placer
Emmett & Elgin Mine
Esperanza Mine
Fortuna No. 3 Mine
Georgia Mine
Giant Mine (Giant Tungsten Prospect; Grand Mountain Mine; Grand Mountain Claim; Giant Mine; Giant Nos. 3-10)
Gold Bug Mine
Gold King Mine (Gold King Property)
Gold Slope Mine
Grey Wolf Group (Grey Wolf Nos. 3 And 4)
H And H Mine
Hawk View Mine
Independence Group (New Dragon No. 4; Independence No. 1 & 2 Claims)
Iowana Mine
Jezebel Mine
Juanita No. 10 Prospect
La Nueva Bonita Vista Claim
Last Chance Mine
Lesjimfre Claims (Les Jimfre Claims; Greenfield State Lease; Carlson; Fernstrom; Cummins)
Linda Claim
Lone Eagle Mine
Lost Horse Group (Henshaw Mine)
M And B Mine
Mildred Peak
Mina Claim
Mineral Chief Group (Mineral Chief Claim; Mineral Chief No. 2 Claim)
Ornden Mine
Papago Chief Mine (Napoleon Mine)
Pico De Oro Mine
Promontorio-Black Eagle Claims
Red Streak Mine
Rushbey Prospect (Birthday Claim)
San Juan Mine
Schaffer Canyon
Senator Group (Senator No. 1)
Silver Basin 1-7 Mine
Silver Chief Mine
Silver Crest Mine
Silver Crown No. 1 Mine
Southside Mine
Sparks Mine (Juanita No. 9 Mine)
Unnamed Au-Cu Occurrence
Unnamed W Occurrence
Utah Prospect
Valley View Mine
Weaver Canyon
Yellow Star Mine (New Dragoon Mine; Yellow Dragon No. 1 & 2; New Dragon Nos. 1 & 2 Claims)
Young Mine

Latitude: 31°48'2"N
Longitude: 111°37'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.800555555556,-111.62555555556

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.

Allophane	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Au Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Stibnite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

26 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
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	145	29.7	2	143505,143507	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	145	29.7	1	143505	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	145	29.7	1	143505	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	29.7	5	143492,143494,143524,143535,143539	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	29.7	2	143493,143559	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	145	29.7	1	143523	3531
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	29.7	6	143493,143494,143501,143516,143531,143560	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	145	29.7	2	143493,143529	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	29.7	2	143483,143559	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	29.7	2	143490,143511	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	29.7	2	143516,143523	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	145	29.7	1	143539	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	29.7	4	143483,143493,143516,143559	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	30.9	29.7	1	143539	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	145	29.7	1	143560	2349
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	145	29.7	1	143516	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	29.7	5	143492,143493,143512,143535,143559	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	145	29.7	2	143484,143495	3106
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	145	29.7	1	143484	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	145	29.7	15	143493,143494,143500,143501,143516,143523,143525,143528,143529,143531,143543,143544,143552,143553,143560	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	29.7	1	143559	21482
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	145	29.7	1	143529	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	145	29.7	1	143531	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	145	29.7	1	143532	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	145	29.7	1	143501	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	29.7	2	143494,143516	1025

2 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_00000381	30.9	29.7	30.3±0.6	K-Ar	Age reset from probable Jurassic host rock age by a mid-Tertiary thermal event			UAKA-73-70				Muscovite		35365	Baboquivari District, Baboquivari Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Baboquivari Mountains	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201
	Giersdorf_00000382	145	201.3	145-201.3	U-Pb										35365	Baboquivari District, Baboquivari Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Baboquivari Mountains	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201	Age of host rock to dike containing sample UAKA-73-70

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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