Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Christmas Open Pit, Christmas Mine (Red Bird Shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry Shafts), Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 76
Youngest recorded age at locality: 62

mindat Locality ID: 46144
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46144.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Christmas Open Pit, Christmas Mine (Red Bird Shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry Shafts), Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Apophyllite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Sphalerite

Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dioptase ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Gilalite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*
Junitoite ()*	Kinoite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stringhamite ()*

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 F Fe H K O S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apophyllite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Garnet None Not in a structural group Pyrite Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	76	62	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	76	62	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	64	63	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	64	63	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	64	63	2970
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	64	63	164
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	76	62	303
Gilalite ()*	None	Cu₅Si₆O₁₇·7H₂O	64	63	5
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	76	62	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	64	63	14640
Junitoite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaZn₂Si₂O₇·H₂O	76	62	2
Kinoite ()*	None	Ca₂Cu₂Si₃O₁₀·2H₂O	64	63	17
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	64	63	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	64	63	21482
Stringhamite ()*	None	CaCu(SiO₄)·H₂O	64	63	8

6 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	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
EG94_211-00024	76	76		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CH1	Yes			31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Christmas	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00025	76	76		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CHa1/72AB74	Yes			31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Christmas	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00026	72	72		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CH14/GB-1	Yes			31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Christmas	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00027	62	62	62	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CH11	Yes			31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Christmas	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00028	62	62	62	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CH31	Yes			31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Christmas	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
PorphCu-00010	64	63	64–63				Yes	Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cubanite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	3326	Christmas Mine (Red Bird Shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry Shafts), Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Christmas	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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