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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

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Atacamite	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 ()*

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:
Allophane Alunite Atacamite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel

26 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	65	61	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	65	61	1588
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	65	61	246
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	65	61	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	65	61	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	65	61	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	65	61	1633
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	65	61	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	61	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	65	61	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	65	61	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	65	61	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	65	61	2970
Eriochalcite ()*	None	CuCl₂·2H₂O	65	61	13
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	65	61	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	65	61	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	65	61	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	65	61	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	65	61	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	65	61	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	65	61	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	65	61	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	65	61	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	65	61	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	61	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	65	61	21482

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-00114	65	61	65–61									Alunite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	53487	Sacaton Mine (Casa Grande Mine; ASARCO Sacaton Project), Casa Grande, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Sacaton	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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