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Locality Name:
Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 47513
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47513.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 87
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 60

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
El Capitan District
Globe-Miami District
Pinal Mountains District
South Pioneer Mine

Latitude: 33°17'42"N
Longitude: 110°48'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.295,-110.80333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinel

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Copper  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1660136011388212793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11388142734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22000011387735509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16601360113882111547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411388145516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)166013603138814,138819,13882127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S200004138799,138807,138819,1388425707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220006113138775,138790,138795,138799,138803,138804,138807,138811,138814,138819,138823,138837,13884227198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81138763577
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)43138762,138764,138768951
Copper  (*)CopperCu11388113846
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11388148173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O200002138799,138842345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211388429617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS166013609138775,138793,138804,138806,138807,138811,138814,138821,13882324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3138785,138804,13881130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O361613138763,138807,13883714640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)2138806,138811469
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411387885591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4113877114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2200003138776,138790,13884212537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O200001138790443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2200004138795,138799,138804,1388425800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2200003138774,138790,13884217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22000011138775,138790,138795,138799,138803,138804,138807,138811,138819,138823,13884239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22138804,13880961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)6138766,138779,138793,138804,138807,1388114894
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52138771,1388131516
Silver  (*)CopperAg2138811,1388455186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS166013606138775,138806,138811,138814,138821,13882321482


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000316Pegmatite in the Pinal Schist


13 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-51625200001000±1000   51625    67632Azurite Mine (Blue Bell), Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51626200001000±1000   51626    61478King Group Of Claims (King No. 1-2-3 Claims), Little Acres Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51585200001000±1000   51585    133314Lonesome Pine And Esther Groups, Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51586200001000±1000   51586    133314Lonesome Pine And Esther Groups, Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-5159962.860.661.7±1.1   51599    133314Lonesome Pine And Esther Groups, Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51601200001000±1000   51601    133314Lonesome Pine And Esther Groups, Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51621200001000±1000   51621    133314Lonesome Pine And Esther Groups, Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51623200001000±1000   51623    133314Lonesome Pine And Esther Groups, Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51624200001000±1000   51624    133314Lonesome Pine And Esther Groups, Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-51584200001000±1000   51584    56520Madera Prospect (Madera Claims), Madera Peak Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
Giersdorf_00000315144013601400±40K-Ar  UAKA-59-1  Muscovite 48641Pioneer Mine (Great Republic Mine; Old Pioneer; White Metal; White Metal Mining Co. Claims; Great Republic Patent MS 370; Devine Property; Pioneer South Patent MS 374), Pioneer Mountain, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USAOld Pioneer Stagecoach StationShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201Age cited by paper seems backwards, with the pegmatite being older than the rock it is purportedly intruding
Giersdorf_00000316166015801620±40K-Ar  UAKA-59-1  Muscovite 48641Pioneer Mine (Great Republic Mine; Old Pioneer; White Metal; White Metal Mining Co. Claims; Great Republic Patent MS 370; Devine Property; Pioneer South Patent MS 374), Pioneer Mountain, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USAOld Pioneer Stagecoach StationShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201Age cited by paper seems backwards, with the pegmatite being older than the rock it is purportedly intruding
PorphCu-00106616161       Cu48325Gibson Mine (Bellevue-Old Site; Claims MS 2219; Reynolds Group), Bellvue Town Site, Five Point Mountain Area, Top Of The World Area, Pinal Mountains District, Pinal Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USAGibsonSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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