Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Superstition Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 21.22
Youngest recorded age at locality: 19.98

mindat Locality ID: 54648
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54648.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Superstition Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
East Of Apache Junction
Goldfield District
Hackberry Butte Area
Pinto Creek District
Randolph District
Superstition Mountains District
Superstition Wilderness Area

Latitude: 33°25'9"N
Longitude: 111°15'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.419166666667,-111.26138888889

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	None	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite

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: Ag As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu H O S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay None Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tyrolite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Galena ()*
Magnetite ()*	Mercury ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tyrolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	21.22	19.98	1	146187	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	21.22	19.98	1	146199	1382
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	21.22	19.98	5	146193,146195,146196,146197,146222	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	21.22	19.98	1	146207	2600
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	21.22	19.98	1	146187	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	21.22	19.98	1	146218	14899
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	21.22	19.98	1	146184	397
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21.22	19.98	1	146187	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	21.22	19.98	0		5317
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	21.22	19.98	0		245

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
	Giersdorf_00000410	21.22	19.98	20.6±0.62	K-Ar				UAKA-68-16						206861	Superstition Wilderness Area, Superstition Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Superstition Mountains	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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