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Locality Name:
Geronimo, Gila Valley, Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 75
Youngest recorded age at locality: 58

mindat Locality ID: 48805
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48805.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Geronimo, Gila Valley, Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Goodwin Wash

Latitude: 33°4'51"N
Longitude: 110°'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.080833333333,-110.0125

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 Be O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylNone

1 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18755811394654286



6 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
EG94_211-00043585858Pb-Pb whole rock?SF34 Yes  51348Lone Star Mine (Lone Star Group; Lone Star Deposit), Lone Star Mountain, Lone Star, Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USASaffordBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000387575 Pb-Pb whole rock?SF17 Yes  44392Safford, Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USASaffordBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00039696969Pb-Pb whole rock?SF21 Yes  44392Safford, Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USASaffordBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00040696969Pb-Pb whole rock?SF23 Yes  44392Safford, Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USASaffordBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00041585858Pb-Pb whole rock?SF32 Yes  131709Safford Mine (Dos Pobres Mine; Dos Pobres Ore Body; Los Pobres; Safford Phelps Dodge; Phelps Dodge Safford Project; Arrowhead Mine), Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USASaffordBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00042585858Pb-Pb whole rock?SF33 Yes  131709Safford Mine (Dos Pobres Mine; Dos Pobres Ore Body; Los Pobres; Safford Phelps Dodge; Phelps Dodge Safford Project; Arrowhead Mine), Lone Star District (Safford District; Dos Pobres District), Gila Mts, Graham Co., Arizona, USASaffordBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 


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