Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
San Xavier Mine (San Xavier Mine Shaft), Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 67
Youngest recorded age at locality: 58

mindat Locality ID: 36267
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36267.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Xavier Mine (San Xavier Mine Shaft), Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°58'17"N
Longitude: 111°5'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.971388888889,-111.08972222222

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Gypsum	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Gypsum None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	67	58	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	67	58	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	67	58	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	67	58	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	67	58	1382
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	67	58	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	67	58	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	67	58	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	67	58	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	67	58	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	67	58	14899
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	67	58	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	67	58	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	67	58	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	67	58	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	67	58	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	67	58	1655

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
EG94_211-00050	67	67	67	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	KD-GR2-1	Yes	22945	Sierrita Mine (Duval-Sierrita Mine; Duval Esperanza Mine; Sierrita Open Pit Mine), Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Sierrita	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00051	67	67	67	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	D-MR2-2	Yes	22945	Sierrita Mine (Duval-Sierrita Mine; Duval Esperanza Mine; Sierrita Open Pit Mine), Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Sierrita	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00052	63	63	63	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	RS-MR-5	Yes	22945	Sierrita Mine (Duval-Sierrita Mine; Duval Esperanza Mine; Sierrita Open Pit Mine), Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Sierrita	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00053	58	58	58	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	TWB-Pa	Yes	22945	Sierrita Mine (Duval-Sierrita Mine; Duval Esperanza Mine; Sierrita Open Pit Mine), Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Sierrita	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00054	58	58	58	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	QL-85-1	Yes	22945	Sierrita Mine (Duval-Sierrita Mine; Duval Esperanza Mine; Sierrita Open Pit Mine), Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Sierrita	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211

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