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Locality Name:
Mildren Mine (Mildren Claim; Mildred Mine), Mildren Mine Group, Ko Vaya, Cababi District (Comobabi District), Comobabi Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 102
Youngest recorded age at locality: 98

mindat Locality ID: 51972
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51972.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mildren Mine (Mildren Claim; Mildred Mine), Mildren Mine Group, Ko Vaya, Cababi District (Comobabi District), Comobabi Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°2'19"N
Longitude: 111°55'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.038611111111,-111.92916666667

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 Cl Cr Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mo N O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mo N O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteClay
ConnelliteCopperDescloiziteDiasporeEpsomiteGypsumKaoliniteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachite
MatlockiteMiniumMolybdeniteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Buttgenbachite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Crocoite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)
Malachite  (*)Matlockite  (*)Miersite  (*)Minium  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Svanbergite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1029802734
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3102980544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21029805509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)10298011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41029805516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61029801633
Buttgenbachite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(NO3)2Cl8(OH)62·nH2O10298013
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10298027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6102980359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1029804979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1029805707
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1029801382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1029803531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1029803846
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)10298081
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1029802970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21029809895
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O102980345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10298024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1029807437
Gold  (*)CopperAu10298030554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O102980188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1029806890
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O102980144
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI102980180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61029802228
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2102980265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)102980581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2102980987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO102980139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)210298012537
Matlockite  (*)MatlockitePbClF10298029
Miersite  (*)SphaleriteAgI10298010
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4102980247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21029805800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)102980362
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6102980158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210298039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1029801725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210298061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2102980454
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1029806417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1029802473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS10298021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS102980332
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6102980105
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131029805317
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl102980605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4102980303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41029801655



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_0000034810298100±2K-Ar  UAKA-73-49 Yes  35515Cababi District (Comobabi District), Comobabi Mts, Tohono O'odom (Papago) Indian Reservation, Pima Co., Arizona, USAPapago Indian ReservationShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201Cretaceous sedimentary rocks are in disconformable contact with this intrusion


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