Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 6807
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6807.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USA": 87
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Apache Ridge
Bear Canyon Junction
Bear Canyon Junction Area
Black Mesa Area
Blue River
Bucket Mountain Area
Coolidge Dam
Dads Lookout Area
Hayes Mts
Indian Lookout Area
Peridot
Rice
Salt River
Salt River District
San Carlos
San Carlos Area
Seneca
Soda Springs Vent
Talkalai Lake Area
Tolklai

Latitude: 33°27'39"N
Longitude: 110°26'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.460833333333,-110.44861111111
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleBaryteCalciteClayCorundumGarnetGypsumMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSpinel
TridymiteWollastonite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Opal  (*)
Pargasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Spinel  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O638011389662060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)238011389275509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3802138916,13892011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3802138916,13894827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S38011389275707
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)438027138900,138903,138904,138907,138909,138911,138913,138922,138930,138931,138933,138937,138945,138948,138949,138950,138951,138953,138954,138956,138958,138970,138976,138978,138979,138980,138983951
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)238009895
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)3802138939,138984371
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1.010.854138960,138961,138964,1389851188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS380113892024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O38011389726890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33802138927,13896814640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41.010.852138940,138961407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31.010.8511389595433
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O21.010.854138959,138961,138966,138981179
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43804138939,138948,138976,13898014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23803138916,138927,13897412537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2380113891617380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1.010.851138961884
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1.010.8511389632994
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21.010.851138961313
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)238011389191898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28.056.873138915,138916,13892539462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)33800341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28.056.873138915,138916,13896861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)38011389161711
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41.010.853138939,138959,1389661934
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO43801138981120
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33802138948,1389801247


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000290Sample collected from a basalt flow in the southwest of San Carlos


5 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
CMP76_84_001383436±2K-Arapparent agewhole rockPA-12  Forsterite 6807San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USASan CarlosBernatowicz (1981) CMP76_84uncorrected
CMP76_84_0020.43800.058±0.38K-Arapparent agewhole rockPA-12    6807San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USASan CarlosBernatowicz (1981) CMP76_84corrected
Giersdorf_000004745.415.155.28±0.13K-Ar  UAKA-75-30    6807San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USASan Carlos Indian ReservationShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_000004718.056.877.46±0.59K-Ar  UAKA-76-130    40777Bucket Mountain Prospect, Bucket Mountain Area, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USABucket MountainsShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_000002901.010.850.93±0.08K-Ar       3330San Carlos, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USASan Carlos Indian ReservationShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12__201 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
X050088San Carlos, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/X050088
X050090San Carlos, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/X050090
R040018Trudy's Mine, San Carlos, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R040018
R040057Trudy's Mine, San Carlos, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R040057

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