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Locality Name:
Mission Complex, San Xavier, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 67
Youngest recorded age at locality: 58

mindat Locality ID: 6432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6432.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mission Complex, San Xavier, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Eisenhower Mine (Eisenhower Property/group; Mission Extension; Palo Verde Mine; Palo Verde Copper Deposit)
Mineral Hill
Mission Mine (Mission Underground Mine)
Mission Pit (Mission Mine [old]; East Pima Mine; Mission Porphyry Copper Deposit)
Pima Mine (Pima Open Pit Mine)
San Xavier Pit (San Xavier Open Pit; San Xavier West Mine; San Xavier Unit Open Pit)

Latitude: 31°59'45"N
Longitude: 111°4'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.995833333333,-111.06861111111
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: Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo N O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAragoniteAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteConnelliteCopperCoquimbiteCorundumCovelliteCubaniteEpidoteFluorite
GadoliniteGarnetGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSepioliteSphaleriteSpinel
TetrahedriteValleriiteWollastoniteWurtzite

57 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Atacamite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gerhardtite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pseudoboleite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2585811446693419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3585811446691534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)585811446691588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)67582144664,1446713250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)367581144667544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)667582144667,144671919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)267582144669,1446715509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS467585144663,144666,144667,144669,1446705516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)667582144669,1446711633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)67583144666,144669,14467127770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O67581144671925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S67584144663,144666,144669,1446705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS267586144663,144666,144667,144668,144669,14467027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O67586144663,144664,144666,144669,144670,1446713531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O67581144667295
Copper  (*)CopperCu67583144668,144669,1446703846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O67581144671136
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS675811446664165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S358581144669802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O67583144667,144669,1446702970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)67581144670498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O667583144663,144669,1446704135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2585811446699895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)675811446668173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2585811446699617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS67584144666,144667,144669,14467024243
Gerhardtite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)36758114466724
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3675811446701544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O67583144666,144668,1446696890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O367584144663,144666,144669,14467014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O675811446711689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)667582144664,1446692228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4675811446635591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O467584144666,144667,144669,14467014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)267586144663,144664,144666,144669,144670,14467112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS267582144666,1446715674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O67581144671915
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS267584144663,144666,144669,1446705800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)267582144669,14467017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O585802994
Pseudoboleite  (*)NonePb31Cu24Cl62(OH)486758114466733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS267586144663,144666,144667,144668,144669,14467039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8675811446669056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25858061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)267581144671454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)67582144666,1446694894
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O67581144671241
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)675811446662473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS67586144663,144666,144667,144669,144670,14467121482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1367582144663,1446701803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO67582144666,1446701101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1367582144666,1446695317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)267583144666,144669,1446702562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]67581144670237
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)58581144669251
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO367584144664,144666,144668,1446691247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4675811446661655


6 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
EG94_211-00050676767Pb-Pb whole rock?KD-GR2-1 Yes  22945Sierrita Mine (Duval-Sierrita Mine; Duval Esperanza Mine; Sierrita Open Pit Mine), Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USASierritaBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00051676767Pb-Pb whole rock?D-MR2-2 Yes  22945Sierrita Mine (Duval-Sierrita Mine; Duval Esperanza Mine; Sierrita Open Pit Mine), Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USASierritaBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00052636363Pb-Pb whole rock?RS-MR-5 Yes  22945Sierrita Mine (Duval-Sierrita Mine; Duval Esperanza Mine; Sierrita Open Pit Mine), Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USASierritaBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00053585858Pb-Pb whole rock?TWB-Pa Yes  22945Sierrita Mine (Duval-Sierrita Mine; Duval Esperanza Mine; Sierrita Open Pit Mine), Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USASierritaBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00054585858Pb-Pb whole rock?QL-85-1 Yes  22945Sierrita Mine (Duval-Sierrita Mine; Duval Esperanza Mine; Sierrita Open Pit Mine), Batamote Hills, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USASierritaBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
PorphCu-00089585858      Actinolite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Jarosite, PyriteCu32002Mission Pit (Mission Mine [old]; East Pima Mine; Mission Porphyry Copper Deposit), Mission Complex, San Xavier, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USAMission–PimaSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050053Pima Mine (Pima Open Pit Mine), Mission Complex, San Xavier, Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District), Sierrita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050053

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