Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sinn Fein Mine (Sin Fin Mine; Tornado Mine; Lundquist Mine), Williamson Canyon, Cobre Grande Mountain, Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 56
Youngest recorded age at locality: 33.9

mindat Locality ID: 54560
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54560.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sinn Fein Mine (Sin Fin Mine; Tornado Mine; Lundquist Mine), Williamson Canyon, Cobre Grande Mountain, Aravaipa, Santa Teresa Mts, Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°58'40"N
Longitude: 110°20'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.977777777778,-110.34055555556

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	Apatite	Baryte	Corundum	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Baryte Corundum Fluorite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	56	33.9	2734
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	56	33.9	3531
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	56	33.9	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	56	33.9	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	56	33.9	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	56	33.9	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	56	33.9	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	56	33.9	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	56	33.9	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	56	33.9	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	56	33.9	1655

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
	sedznpb-00443	56	33.9	Eocene?							Yes				29785	Aravaipa District, Graham Co., Arizona, USA	Aravaipa	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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