Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Prince Mine Group, Hilton Mines (Hilton Mine Group; Hiltano Group; Hiltano & State Of Maine Group), Copper Camp, Hilton (Lead Mountain), Empire District, Empire Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1405
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1345

mindat Locality ID: 35668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prince Mine Group, Hilton Mines (Hilton Mine Group; Hiltano Group; Hiltano & State Of Maine Group), Copper Camp, Hilton (Lead Mountain), Empire District, Empire Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Chief Mine (Chief Claim)
Forty-nine Mine (Forty Nine Mine; 49 Mine)
Gopher Mine (Go Pher Mine)
Prince Mine

Latitude: 31°52'14"N
Longitude: 110°38'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.870555555556,-110.64194444444

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum
Covellite	Malachite	Mica	Minium	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Turquoise

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Malachite ()*
Minium ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum
Covellite Malachite Mica Minium Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Turquoise

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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1405	1345	2	143711,143713	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1405	1345	2	143711,143712	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1405	1345	2	143711,143712	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1405	1345	1	143711	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1405	1345	2	143711,143712	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1405	1345	3	143711,143712,143713	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1405	1345	1	143713	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1405	1345	1	143711	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1405	1345	0		4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1405	1345	2	143711,143713	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1405	1345	0		14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1405	1345	1	143711	1689
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1405	1345	1	143711	234
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1405	1345	0		238
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1405	1345	1	143711	12537
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1405	1345	1	143711	247
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1405	1345	1	143711	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1405	1345	1	143711	17380
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1405	1345	1	143711	158
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1405	1345	1	143711	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1405	1345	1	143713	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1405	1345	2	143711,143712	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1405	1345	1	143711	454
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1405	1345	2	143711,143712	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1405	1345	1	143711	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1405	1345	0		21482
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1405	1345	1	143712	484
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1405	1345	1	143713	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_00000322	1405	1345	1375±30	K-Ar				UAKA-57-14		Yes		Muscovite		31691	Empire District, Empire Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Empire Mountains	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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