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Locality Name:
Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 56619
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56619.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 76
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 47

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Chuichu Area
Cimarron Mts
Fraguas
Silver Reef District
Slate Mts
Tat Momoli Mts
Vaiva Vo (Cockleburr) Area
Vekol Mts

Latitude: 32°38'38"N
Longitude: 111°55'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.643888888889,-111.92388888889

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite
Fornacite	Gypsum	Humite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Minium	Molybdenite	Murdochite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Plancheite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

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 Al As Au C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite
Fornacite Gypsum Humite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Minium Molybdenite Murdochite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Plancheite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

66 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Boleite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carnotite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chondrodite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Descloizite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dioptase ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Minium ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Murdochite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Plancheite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Shattuckite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wherryite ()*	Willemite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			4	146249,146260,146266,146301	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			4	146247,146249,146266,146301	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	66	66	1	146273	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	146314	3092
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	66	66	1	146273	544
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	146301	919
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈			1	146301	65
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	66	66	3	146273,146277,146304	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	66	66	2	146266,146273	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	66	7	146264,146273,146296,146301,146308,146311,146314	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	146268	1184
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			4	146260,146265,146266,146278	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	66	66	5	146266,146273,146277,146300,146304	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	66	3	146273,146301,146304	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			8	146249,146274,146280,146281,146282,146301,146304,146314	1382
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	66	66	1	146273	285
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	66	66	14	146244,146247,146259,146260,146265,146266,146273,146274,146291,146300,146301,146304,146308,146311	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	66	66	3	146273,146301,146308	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	66	66	1	146273	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	66	66	1	146273	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			1	146286	378
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	146301	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	66	66	1	146273	4135
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	66	66	2	146266,146273	164
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	146301,146314	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	146274	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	146260	9617
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)			4	146260,146278,146301,146304	85
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	66	66	1	146273	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	66	8	146247,146249,146260,146273,146286,146292,146296,146301	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	66	66	1	146273	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			7	146244,146270,146274,146286,146296,146304,146311	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	66	66	4	146273,146300,146301,146308	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	66	66	3	146263,146273,146304	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	146281	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	146300,146301	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	66	66	3	146273,146301,146304	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	66	66	2	146273,146301	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			8	146244,146266,146274,146300,146301,146304,146308,146311	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	146260	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄			1	146260	247
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	66	66	2	146273,146304	5800
Murdochite ()*	Murdochite	Cu₁₂Pb₂O₁₅Cl₂			1	146260	34
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	66	66	2	146273,146281	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	66	66	1	146273	2273
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O			2	146260,146266	74
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	146301	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	66	6	146273,146274,146280,146281,146301,146304	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	146301	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	146281	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	146301	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			5	146248,146266,146274,146304,146314	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	66	66	1	146273	5614
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂			3	146265,146266,146278	71
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	146301	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			7	146260,146265,146280,146281,146301,146304,146311	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			2	146301,146312	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	66	7	146247,146273,146280,146281,146292,146301,146304	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	146292	446
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	66	66	2	146266,146273	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	146301	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	66	66	1	146273	2562
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			5	146247,146260,146274,146281,146286	605
Wherryite ()*	None	Pb₇Cu₂(SO₄)₄(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	146260	9
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			4	146260,146281,146286,146301	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			8	146247,146249,146260,146265,146266,146274,146275,146301	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
	PorphCu-00111	66	66	66									Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Diopside, Magnetite, Pyrite, Tenorite, Tremolite	Cu	51058	Lakeshore Mine (Casa Grande Mine; Trans Arizona Res. Inc. Mine; Treasure State Mine; Cyprus Casa Grande Mine; Tohono Mine; Cyprus Tohono Mine), North Komelik Area, Casa Grande District, Slate Mts, Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA	Lakeshore	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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