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Locality Name:
Sacaton Mine (Casa Grande Mine; ASARCO Sacaton Project), Casa Grande, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 61

mindat Locality ID: 53487
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53487.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sacaton Mine (Casa Grande Mine; ASARCO Sacaton Project), Casa Grande, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°57'37"N
Longitude: 111°48'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.960277777778,-111.81305555556

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.

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAtacamiteBrochantiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
GypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteSphaleriteSpinel

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Eriochalcite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)665610966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)656101588
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)465610246
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)365610544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2656105509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4656105516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6656101633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S656105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26561027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O656103531
Copper  (*)CopperCu656103846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS656104165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O656102970
Eriochalcite  (*)NoneCuCl2·2H2O6561013
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)656107437
Gold  (*)CopperAu6561030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O656106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36561014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6656102228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4656105591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46561014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26561012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2656105800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)26561017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26561039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6561021482



1 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
PorphCu-00114656165–61      Alunite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, SphaleriteCu53487Sacaton Mine (Casa Grande Mine; ASARCO Sacaton Project), Casa Grande, Pinal Co., Arizona, USASacatonSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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