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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Sycamore Canyon, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 62
Youngest recorded age at locality: 56

mindat Locality ID: 58433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sycamore Canyon, Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Blue Jay-Good Friday Mines (Blue Jay Good Friday Mines)
C And H Mine Group (Copper Alex Mine Group; Copper Aleck Mine Group; C & H Mine Group)

Latitude: 31°52'32"N
Longitude: 110°47'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.875555555556,-110.7925

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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheelite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S62562144358,1443592793
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)262561144358718
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6256114436027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)625611443584979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S625611443615707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS262563144360,144361,14436227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl62562144358,1443591382
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)625611443608173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS62562144358,14435924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu62562144358,14435930554
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)62565144360,144361,144363,144364,144365494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS262568144358,144359,144360,144361,144362,144363,144364,14436539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26256114435861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)62567144358,144359,144360,144361,144363,144364,1443654894
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO62562144360,1443621101



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-00109625656-62     YesBornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Diopside, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, WollastoniteCu49290Helvetia, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USAHelvetiaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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