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:
Peridot Mesa (Peridot Occurrence 38), San Carlos, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1.01
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.85

mindat Locality ID: 52628
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52628.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peridot Mesa (Peridot Occurrence 38), San Carlos, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°19'49"N
Longitude: 110°29'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.330277777778,-110.49305555556

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.

Amphibole	None	Olivine	Spinel	Tridymite

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole None Olivine Spinel Tridymite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Forsterite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pargasite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1.01	0.85	1188
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1.01	0.85	407
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1.01	0.85	179
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1.01	0.85	884
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1.01	0.85	313

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000290	Sample collected from a basalt flow in the southwest of San Carlos

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
	Giersdorf_00000290	1.01	0.85	0.93±0.08	K-Ar						Yes				3330	San Carlos, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	San Carlos Indian Reservation	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12__201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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