Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 35387
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35387.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baboquivari Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 85
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 75

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Baboquivari District
Schaffer Canyon
Unspecified Locality

Latitude: 31°48'1"N
Longitude: 111°37'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.800277777778,-111.62527777778

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

Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	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 B 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: Al B Fe H Mn Na O Si

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

28 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
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	145	29.7	0		483
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	6	143492,143493,143512,143535,143559,143563	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	16	143493,143494,143500,143501,143516,143523,143525,143528,143529,143531,143543,143544,143552,143553,143560,143563	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	145	29.7	0		2705
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	2	143529,143564	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

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