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Locality Name:
Total Wreck Mine, Cienega Creek, The Narrows, Empire District, Empire Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1405
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1345

mindat Locality ID: 8888
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8888.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Total Wreck Mine, Cienega Creek, The Narrows, Empire District, Empire Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°53'44"N
Longitude: 110°35'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.895555555556,-110.59222222222

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDescloiziteGypsum
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Plattnerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1405134502734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21405134505509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14051345027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1405134504979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214051345027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1405134501382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1405134503531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14051345024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1405134506890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314051345014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1405134501689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61405134502228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214051345012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1405134501107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)140513450362
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2140513450158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214051345039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214051345061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1405134506417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1405134502473
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl140513450605
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4140513450303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41405134501655



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
Giersdorf_00000322140513451375±30K-Ar  UAKA-57-14 YesMuscovite 31691Empire District, Empire Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USAEmpire MountainsShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 


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