Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Premier Property (Premier Group; Santa Monica Camp; Santa Montica Camp), Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 76
Youngest recorded age at locality: 62

mindat Locality ID: 52779
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52779.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Premier Property (Premier Group; Santa Monica Camp; Santa Montica Camp), Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°4'50"N
Longitude: 110°46'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.080555555556,-110.77138888889

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Baryte	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

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: Au Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Baryte Copper Corundum Diaspore None Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Copper ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Quartz ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	76	62	2734
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	64	63	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	64	63	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	76	62	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	76	62	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	64	63	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	64	63	2228
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	76	62	61156
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	76	62	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	76	62	1655

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	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
EG94_211-00024	76	76		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CH1	Yes			31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Christmas	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00025	76	76		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CHa1/72AB74	Yes			31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Christmas	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00026	72	72		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CH14/GB-1	Yes			31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Christmas	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00027	62	62	62	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CH11	Yes			31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Christmas	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00028	62	62	62	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CH31	Yes			31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Christmas	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
PorphCu-00010	64	63	64–63				Yes	Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cubanite, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	3326	Christmas Mine (Red Bird Shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry Shafts), Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	Christmas	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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