Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Copper Mountain, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 46951
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46951.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Mountain, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Copper Mountain Kaolin Occurrence

Latitude: 33°4'59"N
Longitude: 109°22'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.083055555556,-109.38277777778

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.

Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Clay	Kaolinite	None

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 Cu H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Chalcanthite Clay Kaolinite None

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Brochantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Kaolinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	0		925
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	139756	5591

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...