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Locality Name:
San Manuel Mine (Apex Lead & Vanadium Mining Corp Mine; Quarelli Group), San Manuel, San Manuel District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 69
Youngest recorded age at locality: 67

mindat Locality ID: 6804
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6804.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Manuel Mine (Apex Lead & Vanadium Mining Corp Mine; Quarelli Group), San Manuel, San Manuel District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kalamazoo Orebody
San Manuel Orebody

Latitude: 32°40'11"N
Longitude: 110°40'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.669722222222,-110.67
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Mo O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorrensiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteEpidoteEpsomiteFluoriteHalotrichiteHexahydrite
KaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPlancheitePyritePyrophylliteQuartz
RutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelStarkeyiteWurtzite

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Atacamite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beidellite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hexahydrite  (*)Hydrobiotite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jurbanite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Shattuckite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Starkeyite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zoisite  (*)Zunyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O69672146040,146041470
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)669672146040,146041966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)69672146040,1460411588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)696703250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)369672146040,146041544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)269672146040,1460415509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6967011547
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O114604185
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS469672146040,1460415516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6967027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S69672146040,1460415707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS269672146040,14604127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O69672146040,1460413531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11460411025
Copper  (*)CopperCu69672146040,1460413846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS69672146040,1460414165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O69672146040,1460412970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)469672146040,146041651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS469671146040910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)69672146040,1460418173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1146041484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2696711460409617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)69672146040,1460417437
Gold  (*)CopperAu6967114604030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36967114604014640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O1146041251
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O69672146040,14604149
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O114604162
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611460412228
Jurbanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl(SO4)(OH)·5H2O11460417
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)469672146040,1460415591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46967114604014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)269672146040,14604112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS269672146040,1460415800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)269672146040,14604117380
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O1146041265
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O114604174
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS269672146040,14604139462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)269671146040771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO269672146040,14604161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211460415614
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2114604171
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)69672146040,1460416417
Silver  (*)CopperAg696711460405186
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O114604179
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11460411101
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4696701655
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)69672146040,1460411025
Zunyite  (*)NoneAl13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl114604186


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-00110696769–67      Allophane, Alunite, Atacamite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Epidote, Fluorite, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Siderite, SilverCu50863Kalamazoo Orebody, San Manuel Mine (Apex Lead & Vanadium Mining Corp Mine; Quarelli Group), San Manuel, San Manuel District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USASan Manuel-KalamazooSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130817San Manuel Mine (Apex Lead & Vanadium Mining Corp Mine; Quarelli Group), San Manuel, San Manuel District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130817

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