Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Red Mountain Mine (Red Mountain Copper Prospect; Gem Mine; Carlton Property; Ten Grand Mine; Red Mountain Project), Red Mountain, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 62
Youngest recorded age at locality: 58

mindat Locality ID: 53214
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53214.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Red Mountain Mine (Red Mountain Copper Prospect; Gem Mine; Carlton Property; Ten Grand Mine; Red Mountain Project), Red Mountain, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°30'12"N
Longitude: 110°43'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.503333333333,-110.71833333333

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Enargite	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Enargite Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	62	58	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	62	58	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	62	58	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	62	58	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	62	58	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	62	58	4165
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	62	58	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	62	58	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	62	58	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	62	58	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	62	58	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	62	58	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	62	58	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	62	58	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	62	58	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	62	58	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	62	58	771
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	62	58	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	62	58	5317

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
	PorphCu-00113	62	58	62–58									Alunite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	53214	Red Mountain Mine (Red Mountain Copper Prospect; Gem Mine; Carlton Property; Ten Grand Mine; Red Mountain Project), Red Mountain, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA	Red Mountain	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...