Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cerro Colorado Mine (Heintzelman Mine; Silver Queen Mine), Cerro Colorado District, Cerro Colorado Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70
Youngest recorded age at locality: 67.2

mindat Locality ID: 9723
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9723.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerro Colorado Mine (Heintzelman Mine; Silver Queen Mine), Cerro Colorado District, Cerro Colorado Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°39'32"N
Longitude: 111°16'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.658888888889,-111.27305555556

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Mica	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg I K O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Mica None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	70	67.2	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	70	67.2	2734
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	70	67.2	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	70	67.2	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	70	67.2	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	70	67.2	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	70	67.2	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70	67.2	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	70	67.2	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	70	67.2	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	70	67.2	2600
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	70	67.2	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	70	67.2	24243
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	70	67.2	180
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	70	67.2	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	70	67.2	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70	67.2	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	70	67.2	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70	67.2	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	70	67.2	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	70	67.2	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	70	67.2	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	70	67.2	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	70	67.2	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	70	67.2	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000355	70	67.2	68.6±1.4	K-Ar				UAKA-77-50		Yes				31250	Arivaca District (Las Guijas District), Las Guijas & San Luis Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Arivaca District	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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