Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Phoenix Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 19.67
Youngest recorded age at locality: 18.73

mindat Locality ID: 44397
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44397.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Phoenix Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Eureka Group Of Claims (Dolores Claim; Eureka No. 1 Claim; Eureka Group-patented Claim #4111)
Phoenix Mountains District
Union Hills
Winifred District (Winnifred District)

Latitude: 33°36'28"N
Longitude: 112°'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.607777777778,-112.00666666667

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Spinel

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 C Ca Cu Fe Hg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum None Not in a structural group Pyrite Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*

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
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	19.67	18.73	1	141241	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	19.67	18.73	3	141234,141235,141243	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	19.67	18.73	1	141241	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			5	141230,141232,141233,141235,141236	2600
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	19.67	18.73	2	141240,141243	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	19.67	18.73	1	141243	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	141236	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	141234	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	19.67	18.73	1	141243	39462

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_00000424	19.67	18.73	19.2±0.47	K-Ar				UAKA-74-149						41592	Winifred District (Winnifred District), Phoenix Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA	Lookout Mountain	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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