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:
Line Boy Mine, Line Property, Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 56

mindat Locality ID: 51277
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51277.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Line Boy Mine, Line Property, Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°20'8"N
Longitude: 110°41'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.335555555556,-110.69027777778

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Spinel

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	66	56	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	56	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	66	56	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	56	27198
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	66	56	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	66	56	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	65	65	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	66	56	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	56	39462

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
	sedznpb-00503	66	56	Paleocene							Yes				3384	Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	Washington Camp	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
	Mo-00271	65	65								Yes		Molybdenite, Wulfenite	Mo	53936	Santo Niño Mine Area, San Antonio Canyon, Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Patagonia District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	Santo Nino Mine	Corn (1975)	10.2113/gsecongeo.70.8.1437	EG70_1437

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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