Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Buckeye Mine (Buckeye Copper Mine), Spring Mountain, Webb District, Gila Bend Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 30
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26.75

mindat Locality ID: 62480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62480.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buckeye Mine (Buckeye Copper Mine), Spring Mountain, Webb District, Gila Bend Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°12'5"N
Longitude: 112°52'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.201388888889,-112.86861111111

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group

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 Cu Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H K O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Clay Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	28.07	26.75	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	28.07	26.75	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	28.07	26.75	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	28.07	26.75	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	28.07	26.75	2970
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	28.07	26.75	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	28.07	26.75	17380

2 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_00000389	28.07	26.75	27.41±0.66	K-Ar				UAKA-73-26						62480	Buckeye Mine (Buckeye Copper Mine), Spring Mountain, Webb District, Gila Bend Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA	Gila Bend Mts.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201
	Giersdorf_00000384	30	28.8	29.4±0.6	K-Ar	Age correlated with an aeolian cross-bedded sandstone			UAKA-73-25		Yes				107502	Gillespie Dam Area, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA	Spring Mountains Quad.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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