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Locality Name:
Apache Leap, Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 62
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 52609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52609.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Apache Leap, Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Belmont Canyon
Elm Canyon Mine (Excelsior Patented Claim MS 2860)
Magmatic Copper Mine (Magmatic Copper Company Claims; Stacy Claims; Lode Star Claims)
Pacific Canyon
Recession Prospect
Vesta Property

Latitude: 33°16'5"N
Longitude: 111°5'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.268055555556,-111.09888888889

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	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	62	60	1	145897	2793
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	62	60	1	145897	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	62	60	1	145903	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	62	60	4	145897,145898,145901,145903	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	62	60	2	145897,145898	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	62	60	2	145897,145903	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	62	60	1	145897	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	62	60	2	145897,145899	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	62	60	1	145903	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	62	60	1	145905	951
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	62	60	1	145903	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	62	60	1	145897	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	62	60	2	145897,145899	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	62	60	1	145899	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	62	60	2	145897,145903	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	62	60	1	145898	770
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	62	60	1	145897	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	62	60	2	145897,145903	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	62	60	1	145901	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	62	60	2	145897,145901	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	62	60	1	145901	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	62	60	1	145897	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	62	60	1	145897	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	62	60	2	145897,145898	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	62	60	3	145897,145898,145899	1655

1 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
	Mo-00129	62	60		X, Strat						Yes		Lindgrenite, Wulfenite	Mo	14241	Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA		Manske and Paul (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.2.197	EG97_197

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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