Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Camelback Mountain, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 67.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 64136
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64136.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Camelback Mountain, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°22'0"N
Longitude: 112°52'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.366666666667,-112.87777777778

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	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	None	Turquoise

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 Ca Cu Fe H O P S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote None Turquoise

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Planerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	67.1	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	67.1	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	67.1	14640
Planerite ()*	Turquoise	Al₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈·4H₂O	67.1	43

13 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
EG94_211-00047	63	63	63	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	805	Yes		3370	New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Ajo	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00048	63	63	63	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	806	Yes		3370	New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Ajo	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00049	63	63	63	Pb-Pb	whole rock?	214	Yes		3370	New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Ajo	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
NAVDAT-16805	67.1	54.9	61±6.1			16805			64136	Camelback Mountain, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-16806	67.1	54.9	61±6.1			16806			64136	Camelback Mountain, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-16807	67.1	54.9	61±6.1			16807			64136	Camelback Mountain, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-16808	67.1	54.9	61±6.1			16808			64136	Camelback Mountain, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-16818	27.5	22.5	25±2.5			16818			64136	Camelback Mountain, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-16822	25	0	12+13/-12			16822			64136	Camelback Mountain, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-88787	23.9	23.5	23.7±0.2		zircon	88787		Zircon	64136	Camelback Mountain, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-88792	23.9	23.5	23.7±0.2		zircon	88792		Zircon	64136	Camelback Mountain, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-88794	65	63	64±1			88794			64136	Camelback Mountain, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-88795	65	63	64±1			88795			64136	Camelback Mountain, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

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