Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 56

mindat Locality ID: 4368
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4368.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 144
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 117

Number of Child Localities: 40
Child Localities:
Canada De La Paloma
Chance Claim (Chance Prospect)
Colossa Mine
Cox Gulch
Dori Ann Prospect
Edna Mine Group (Martha Washington Mine)
Good Luck Mine (Santa Rita Mine)
Granite Group Prospect
Gross Mine
Guajolote Flat
Haist Mine (Mickey Mine; El Paso Mine)
Happy Thoughts Mine (Happy Thought Mine; Happy Road Mine)
Homestake Mine (Homestake Prospect; Jaguar Mine; Bacon Mine)
Jabilina Mine
Kansas-New York Mine
King Mine (King Prospect)
Lead King Prospect
Little Emma Prospect (Gittins Mine)
Minnie Smith Mine
Molyrock Prospect
Mowry
National Marble Corporation Property
Nogales
North Santo Wind Prospect
O'Conner Mine
Olive Mine (Off Pointer Mine)
Patagonia
Phoenix Mine (Hay Property)
Pollywog Group
Providencia Canyon
Red Hill Claim
Red Top Mine (Coronado Mines Inc. Property; State Group; Rankin Mine)
Roy Mine
Royal And Deer Horn Mine
San Joaquin Mine (San Joaquin Prospects)
Santa Nino Mine (Javelina Claim)
Silver Jack Prospect
Specularite Prospect
Washington Camp-Duquesne District
Wild Hog Canyon

Latitude: 31°23'44"N
Longitude: 110°43'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.395555555556,-110.73277777778

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brookite
Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper
Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Dumortierite	Epidote	Epsomite	Erionite	Feldspar
Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Turquoise	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite
Zircon

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 As Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cu Fe H O P

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Brookite
Calcite Caledonite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper
Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Dumortierite Epidote Epsomite Erionite Feldspar
Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Talc Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Turquoise Vesuvianite Wollastonite
Zircon

94 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Akaganeite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chenevixite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epsomite ()*	Erionite-K ()*	Ferberite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*
Gedrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Johannsenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*
Luetheite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rosasite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	66	56	3	146802,146832,146899	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	66	56	3	146844,146847,146875	3419
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	66	56	1	146897	63
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	65	65	2	146841,146895	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	66	56	14	146844,146846,146847,146865,146866,146867,146871,146873,146875,146876,146885,146891,146898,146908	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	66	56	4	146801,146802,146865,146875	2734
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	65	65	1	146802	1036
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	66	56	2	146844,146855	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	66	56	3	146786,146802,146844	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	66	56	1	146844	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	66	56	1	146867	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	66	56	9	146793,146805,146819,146828,146844,146847,146865,146873,146894	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	65	65	2	146801,146841	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	65	65	1	146802	450
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	66	56	9	146774,146786,146793,146819,146830,146844,146862,146865,146876	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	65	65	2	146841,146895	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	56	12	146801,146802,146814,146819,146844,146847,146862,146865,146871,146873,146895,146896	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	66	56	1	146844	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	66	56	7	146801,146802,146844,146873,146875,146878,146903	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	66	56	2	146819,146844	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	66	56	5	146832,146844,146845,146848,146862	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	56	54	146772,146774,146786,146789,146793,146801,146802,146818,146819,146820,146821,146822,146823,146824,146825,146826,146827,146830,146832,146835,146839,146841,146844,146845,146846,146847,146848,146853,146855,146862,146865,146866,146867,146868,146869,146870,146871,146873,146874,146876,146877,146879,146885,146891,146894,146895,146896,146898,146899,146900,146903,146907,146908,146909	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	66	56	0		77
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	66	56	1	146896	577
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	66	56	0		90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	66	56	2	146844,146875	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	66	56	1	146874	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	66	56	2	146819,146845	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	65	65	1	146802	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	66	56	3	146805,146844,146875	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	66	56	2	146844,146899	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	66	56	4	146844,146871,146875,146876	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	66	56	1	146865	9895
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	65	65	1	146808	231
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	66	56	5	146774,146802,146815,146844,146871	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	65	65	1	146813	484
Erionite-K ()*	Erionite	K₁₀[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	65	65	1	146787	22
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	65	65	1	146779	551
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	65	61.2	3	146787,146832,146833	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	56	46	146771,146772,146773,146786,146789,146790,146801,146802,146815,146819,146820,146821,146822,146823,146824,146825,146826,146832,146835,146839,146844,146846,146847,146853,146855,146865,146866,146867,146868,146869,146870,146873,146874,146876,146877,146879,146885,146891,146898,146899,146900,146903,146907,146908,146909,146911	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	66	56	3	146844,146871,146875	178
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	66	56	3	146847,146865,146867	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	65	61.2	4	146803,146804,146826,146832	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	66	56	2	146844,146865	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	66	56	2	146819,146865	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	66	56	3	146844,146871,146875	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	66	56	9	146774,146802,146826,146843,146844,146862,146865,146871,146903	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	66	56	2	146832,146867	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	66	56	2	146865,146874	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	66	56	1	146844	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	65	65	1	146802	2228
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	66	56	2	146844,146856	73
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	65	65	2	146802,146815	5591
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	66	56	1	146844	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	66	56	2	146865,146867	987
Luetheite ()*	Chenevixite	CuAl(AsO₄)(OH)₂	66	56	0		5
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	66	56	5	146802,146832,146844,146862,146871	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	56	12	146793,146802,146805,146819,146828,146829,146844,146847,146865,146873,146894,146903	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	65	65	1	146802	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	65	61.2	2	146802,146832	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	65	65	1	146819	915
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	65	65	1	146814	425
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	65	65	1	146841	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	65	61.2	21	146781,146819,146826,146827,146830,146832,146836,146841,146861,146862,146865,146876,146879,146880,146893,146894,146895,146896,146897,146899,146904	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	66	56	8	146787,146802,146815,146841,146862,146894,146895,146896	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	66	56	3	146802,146895,146896	2349
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	66	56	3	146844,146898,146901	306
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	66	56	2	146844,146899	2273
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	65	65	1	146865	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	56	43	146772,146774,146782,146786,146789,146793,146802,146818,146819,146824,146826,146827,146830,146832,146841,146844,146845,146848,146862,146865,146866,146867,146868,146869,146870,146871,146873,146874,146876,146877,146879,146880,146891,146894,146896,146897,146898,146899,146900,146903,146907,146908,146909	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	65	65	2	146801,146802	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	65	65	2	146841,146912	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	66	56	3	146844,146871,146899	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	56	12	146824,146838,146841,146844,146847,146859,146865,146871,146873,146876,146879,146896	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	63.8	61.2	1	146832	1711
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	56	3	146844,146865,146867	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	66	56	4	146841,146844,146880,146896	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	66	56	3	146781,146865,146904	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	66	56	2	146844,146865	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	66	56	2	146802,146865	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	66	56	1	146865	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	66	56	4	146844,146865,146867,146875	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	56	34	146786,146789,146790,146801,146820,146821,146822,146823,146825,146839,146844,146846,146847,146853,146855,146865,146866,146867,146868,146869,146870,146871,146873,146874,146875,146876,146877,146885,146891,146898,146899,146900,146908,146909	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	65	65	1	146826	586
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	66	56	1	146904	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	66	56	2	146833,146865	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	66	56	1	146844	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	66	56	1	146876	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	66	56	6	146844,146865,146867,146871,146875,146876	2562
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	65	65	1	146802	605
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	66	56	1	146905	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	66	56	2	146844,146858	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	65	65	3	146802,146841,146895	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	66	56	1	146844	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Num	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
Giersdorf_00000363	63.8	61.2	62.5±1.3	K-Ar	UAKA-77-29			34206	Four Metals Mine (Guajolote Mine; Frisco Mine; Red Hill Crosscut; Red Mountain Mine; Phoenix Claims; Hillside Claims), Red Hill, Providencia Canyon, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	Four Metals Mine	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201
sedznpb-00503	66	56	Paleocene					3384	Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	Washington Camp	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
Mo-00271	65	65				Molybdenite, Wulfenite	Mo	53936	Santo Niño Mine Area, San Antonio Canyon, Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	Santo Nino Mine	Corn (1975)	10.2113/gsecongeo.70.8.1437	EG70_1437

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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