Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Pioneer 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, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1660
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1360

mindat Locality ID: 48641
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48641.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pioneer 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, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°14'4"N
Longitude: 110°50'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.234444444444,-110.83722222222

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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Calcite	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Ba C Ca O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Ba C Ca O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite None Rocksalt Sphalerite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Galena ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1660	1360	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1660	1360	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1660	1360	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1660	1360	24243
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1660	1360	21482

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000316	Pegmatite in the Pinal Schist

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	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	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000315	1440	1360	1400±40	K-Ar				UAKA-59-1				Muscovite		48641	Pioneer 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, USA	Old Pioneer Stagecoach Station	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201	Age cited by paper seems backwards, with the pegmatite being older than the rock it is purportedly intruding
	Giersdorf_00000316	1660	1580	1620±40	K-Ar				UAKA-59-1				Muscovite		48641	Pioneer 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, USA	Old Pioneer Stagecoach Station	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201	Age cited by paper seems backwards, with the pegmatite being older than the rock it is purportedly intruding

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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