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Locality Name:
Galiuro Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 64.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 61.5

mindat Locality ID: 48015
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48015.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Galiuro Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Bunker Hill District (Copper Creek District)
Deer Creek Fire Agate Mine
Mission No. 1 Claim
Mission No. 4 Prospect
Northern Galiuro Mts
Oak Grove Canyon No. 1 Prospect
Oak Grove Canyon No. 2 Prospect
Oak Grove Canyon No. 3 Prospect
Rattlesnake District
Sixtysix Peak Area
Table Mountain
Unnamed Copper Prospect (10)

Latitude: 32°46'22"N
Longitude: 110°19'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.772777777778,-110.32222222222
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: Al Au C Cu Fe H K O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneClayCopperCorundumMalachiteMicaNonePyriteQuartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Chrysocolla  (*)Dioptase  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O64.161.519139404,139405,139412,139413,139414,139415,139416,139417,139418,139419,139420,139421,139422,139423,139429,139440,139441,139444,1394463531
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O64.161.51139416164
Gold  (*)CopperAu64.161.53139410,139429,13943130554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O364.161.52139412,13943114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O364.161.511394065433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)264.161.514139405,139413,139414,139415,139416,139417,139418,139420,139422,139423,139440,139441,139444,13944612537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)264.161.5113942917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS264.161.52139427,13943139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO264.161.55139403,139416,139418,139427,13944561156
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO64.161.511394231101


1 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
Giersdorf_0000036264.161.562.8±1.3K-Ar  UAKA-71-18    48015Galiuro Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USAOak Grove CanyonShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 

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