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Locality Name:
Azurite Pit, Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 72
Youngest recorded age at locality: 59

mindat Locality ID: 53111
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53111.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Azurite Pit, Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

12 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
EG94_211-000297272 Pb-Pb whole rock?R11 Yes  48335Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USARayBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00030707070Pb-Pb whole rock?R1a2 Yes  48335Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USARayBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00031707070Pb-Pb whole rock?R1a4 Yes  48335Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USARayBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00032656565Pb-Pb whole rock?R21 Yes  48335Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USARayBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00033606060Pb-Pb whole rock?R31 Yes  48335Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USARayBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00035606060Pb-Pb whole rock?R31 Yes  48335Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USARayBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00034606060Pb-Pb whole rock?R32 Yes  131292Donna Group (Silver Creek MS 3674 Patented Claim; Silver Dollar Claim; Wild Cow No. 9 MS 3673 Claim), Granite Mountain, Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USARayBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00036606060Pb-Pb whole rock?R32 Yes  131292Donna Group (Silver Creek MS 3674 Patented Claim; Silver Dollar Claim; Wild Cow No. 9 MS 3673 Claim), Granite Mountain, Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USARayBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
PorphCu-00107696969     YesBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Dioptase, Epidote, Galena, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Libethenite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Silver, SphaleriteCu50560Ray, Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USARaySinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
Giersdorf_000003547268.670.3±1.7K-Ar  UAKA-70-06 Yes  3377Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USARay Mine areaShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
EG94_211-00037595959Pb-Pb whole rock?R42 Yes  68695Teapot Copper Mine (Teapot Copper Corp. Property), Teapot Mountain, Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USARayBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
Mo-002577259 U-Th-Pb?, Pb-Pb?    YesLindgreniteMo50556Hull Claims, Kelvin, Riverside District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USARay VolcanicsBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 


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