Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cababi District (Comobabi District), Comobabi Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 102
Youngest recorded age at locality: 98

mindat Locality ID: 35515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cababi District (Comobabi District), Comobabi Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Akron Camp
Badger Mine
Beacon Claim
Cababi Placers
Cobreza And Fernandez Mines
Cobriza Mine
Columbia Mine Group
Comobabi And Crusader Mines
Corona Group Of Claims
Desert Lode Mine
Digmore 2 Claim
East Silver-Lead Claim
Easterday Mine
Emperor & Dutchess Mines
Gertie L. Mine
Ko Vaya
Little Mary Claims (et Al)
Lucido Claim Group (Golden Star Mine)
Maggie Lode
Merry O And Corky No. 1 Mines
Old Timer Mine
San Luis Village
Sells
Sherwood Mine (Reilly Lode; Green Mine)
Silver Giant Mine
Silver King Mine
Silver Queen Mine
Silver-Lead Claim
Sophia Mine
Sun-Gold Mine (Sun Gold Mine; Sungold Mine)
Watson Mine
White Horse Mine

Latitude: 32°2'20"N
Longitude: 111°52'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.038888888889,-111.87138888889

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	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote
Epsomite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Linarite	Malachite	Matlockite	Mica	Minium	Molybdenite
Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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 Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Mo N O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Connellite Copper Corundum Descloizite Devilline Diaspore Epidote
Epsomite Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Linarite Malachite Matlockite Mica Minium Molybdenite
Monazite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Buttgenbachite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Crocoite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Devilline ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hisingerite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Linarite ()*	Litharge ()*	Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*	Matlockite ()*
Miersite ()*	Minium ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Paratacamite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	102	98	2	144873,144874	2734
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	102	98	2	144873,144874	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	102	98	1	144865	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	102	98	2	144873,144874	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	102	98	4	144864,144873,144874,144882	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	102	98	6	144871,144873,144874,144875,144888,144889	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	102	98	2	144873,144874	1633
Buttgenbachite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(NO₃)₂Cl₈(OH)₆₂·nH₂O	102	98	2	144873,144874	13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	102	98	6	144854,144867,144873,144886,144888,144889	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	102	98	1	144873	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	102	98	1	144873	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	102	98	10	144858,144859,144867,144871,144873,144874,144875,144879,144888,144889	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	102	98	7	144874,144881,144886,144888,144889,144892,144895	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	102	98	1	144884	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	102	98	2	144873,144874	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	102	98	2	144873,144874	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	102	98	1	144859	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	102	98	2	144873,144874	3846
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	102	98	2	144873,144874	81
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	102	98	2	144873,144874	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	102	98	1	144874	366
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	102	98	6	144871,144873,144874,144879,144892,144895	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	102	98	1	144884	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	102	98	2	144873,144874	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	102	98	6	144871,144873,144874,144888,144892,144895	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	102	98	2	144873,144874	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	102	98	6	144853,144856,144873,144874,144886,144888	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	102	98	2	144873,144874	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	102	98	2	144873,144874	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	102	98	1	144886	14640
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	102	98	2	144873,144874	144
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	102	98	2	144873,144874	180
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	102	98	2	144873,144874	2228
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	102	98	2	144873,144874	265
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	102	98	2	144873,144874	581
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	102	98	1	144873	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	102	98	2	144873,144874	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	102	98	3	144873,144888,144895	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	102	98	2	144874,144893	202
Matlockite ()*	Matlockite	PbClF	102	98	1	144873	29
Miersite ()*	Sphalerite	AgI	102	98	2	144873,144874	10
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	102	98	3	144855,144873,144893	247
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	102	98	3	144871,144873,144874	5800
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	102	98	2	144873,144874	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	102	98	1	144854	17380
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	102	98	1	144873	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	102	98	10	144854,144862,144871,144873,144874,144879,144888,144889,144892,144895	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	102	98	2	144873,144874	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	102	98	4	144865,144873,144874,144888	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	102	98	2	144873,144874	454
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	102	98	2	144881,144882	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	102	98	3	144873,144874,144888	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	102	98	1	144879	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	102	98	2	144873,144874	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	102	98	3	144871,144873,144895	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	102	98	1	144893	446
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	102	98	2	144873,144874	332
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	102	98	2	144873,144874	105
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	102	98	3	144871,144873,144874	5317
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	102	98	3	144871,144873,144874	605
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	102	98	2	144873,144874	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	102	98	4	144855,144873,144874,144893	1655

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_00000348	102	98	100±2	K-Ar				UAKA-73-49						35515	Cababi District (Comobabi District), Comobabi Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Papago Indian Reservation	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201	Cretaceous sedimentary rocks are in disconformable contact with this intrusion

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050387	Sells, Cababi District (Comobabi District), Comobabi Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R050387

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