Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Copper Hill Mine (Copper Hill Group; Patented Claims MS 4452), Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 74
Youngest recorded age at locality: 64

mindat Locality ID: 46803
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46803.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Hill Mine (Copper Hill Group; Patented Claims MS 4452), Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°29'26"N
Longitude: 112°35'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.490555555556,-112.59416666667

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Pyrite

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 Mo O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite
None Pyrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	64	64	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	64	64	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	64	64	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	64	64	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	64	64	345
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	64	64	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	74	64	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	74	64	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	64	64	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	64	64	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	74	64	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	64	64	39462

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	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_211-00018	74	74		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CB11	Yes			46163	Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Basin	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00019	74	74		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CB23	Yes			46163	Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Basin	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00020	72	72		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CB31	Yes			46163	Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Basin	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00021	72	72		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CB41	Yes			46163	Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Basin	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
PorphCu-00685	64	64	64				Yes	Actinolite, Arsenopyrite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Hematite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Tremolite, Turquoise	Cu	46163	Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Basin	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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