Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sammy Dog Mine (Hillside Mine; Ironwood Mine; God's Claim), Silver Bell District, Silver Bell Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 69
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 6069
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6069.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sammy Dog Mine (Hillside Mine; Ironwood Mine; God's Claim), Silver Bell District, Silver Bell Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Descloizite	Fluorite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dioptase ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Quartz ()*	Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si V Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum Descloizite Fluorite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Phenakite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	69	66	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	69	66	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	69	66	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	69	66	172
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	69	66	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	69	66	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	69	66	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	69	66	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	69	66	378
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	69	66	164
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	69	66	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	69	66	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	69	66	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	69	66	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	69	66	1107
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	69	66	61156
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	69	66	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	69	66	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-00087	69	66	69-66							Yes		Actinolite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Diopside, Epidote, Jarosite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tenorite, Wollastonite	Cu	31299	Silver Bell District, Silver Bell Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Silver Bell	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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