Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vulture District, Vulture Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2.18
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.26

mindat Locality ID: 29721
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29721.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vulture District, Vulture Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Adobe Wells Claim
Banker Group
Black Butte
Black Hawk Mine (Black Hawk Property)
Black Pearl Mine (Black Glory 1-14 Claims)
Black Rock Mine
Cleopatra Mine
Contact Mine (Contact 1-3 Prospects)
Cora Mine
Domingo Mine
El Centinillo Mine (El Centinella Mine)
El Tigre Mine (El Milagro Mine; Santa Martha Placer)
Good Luck Mine (Good Luck Spar Mine)
Hassayampa River
Jumbo Mine (Jumbo And Contreras Mine; Lilly Bell Mine; Union Hill Mine)
Mammoth Spar Mine (Lucky Strike Mine)
Montezuma Mine (Montezuma M.S. #2060 Claim; Ryland Mine; Palmer Mine; Arizona Lead Company Mine; Mammoth Patented Claim; Garcia-Vulture Mine; Constance Craig Pat. Claim; Black Jack Pat. Claim)
Moonlight Mine (Moonlight 1 & 2 Prospects)
Newsboy Mine (Grande Group; Charles Black Claims; Gnome Development Group; Newsboy Group; G.W. Mining & Minerals Co. Group; Pitt Mine)
Outlaw Hill
Phoenix Mine (Phoenix Property; Phoenix Claim)
Potter-Cramer Mine (Potter Cramer Property)
Red Cloud Mine (Red Cloud Prospect; Duffy's Claims; Susan Mine)
Scorpion Hill
South Vulture Prospect
Southwest Extension Mine (Vulture Southwest Mine)
Taylor-Smith Claim
Tough Nut Group
United States Copper Mine (U.S. Copper Mine)
Vulture
Vulture Peak
Vulture Placers
West End

Latitude: 33°48'8"N
Longitude: 112°50'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.802222222222,-112.84222222222

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.

Adelite	Ajoite	Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Iranite
Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	Minium	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wickenburgite

Ajoite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Creaseyite ()*
Crocoite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Duftite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemihedrite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kettnerite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Massicot ()*	Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*	Mottramite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phoenicochroite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ramsdellite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Shattuckite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spodumene ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vauquelinite ()*	Wickenburgite ()*	Willemite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Mo O P Pb S Si V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Ajoite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Bismutite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Iranite
Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Mica Minium Monazite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Wickenburgite

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ajoite ()*	Ajoite	K₃Cu²⁺₂₀Al₃Si₂₉O₇₆(OH)₁₆·8H₂O			1	141414	11
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	141410	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			2	141410,141414	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			3	141393,141400,141427	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	141396	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	141393,141400,141414,141424,141425	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2.18	1.26	3	141389,141394,141414	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	141425	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			3	141400,141414,141424	3531
Creaseyite ()*	None	Cu₂Pb₂Fe³⁺₂Si₅O₁₇·6H₂O			1	141414	27
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)			3	141413,141414,141424	81
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			2	141393,141414	378
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	2.18	1.26	1	141389	164
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)			1	141414	220
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	141421	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O			1	141417	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			6	141397,141406,141407,141414,141427,141436	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			5	141393,141408,141412,141414,141425	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	141416	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			11	141390,141400,141405,141410,141412,141415,141420,141425,141432,141433,141434	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			5	141394,141400,141412,141416,141425	14640
Hemihedrite ()*	Iranite	ZnPb₁₀(CrO₄)₆(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	2.18	1.26	2	141389,141414	14
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2.18	1.26	1	141389	1689
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	141414	201
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	141395,141425	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	141410	5591
Kettnerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBiO(CO₃)F			1	141416	46
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	141414	1271
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	141410	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	141400,141425	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	141400,141408	12537
Massicot ()*	None	PbO			1	141414	202
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2.18	1.26	3	141389,141399,141414	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄			1	141414	247
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)			1	141416	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	141412,141425	17380
Phoenicochroite ()*	None	Pb₂O(CrO₄)	2.18	1.26	4	141389,141413,141414,141424	35
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	141417	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			5	141398,141400,141412,141415,141425	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			6	141390,141400,141406,141410,141417,141425	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂			1	141395	88
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	141417,141421	4894
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	2.18	1.26	2	141389,141414	71
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	141425	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	141425	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			1	141425	688
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			5	141408,141410,141413,141424,141425	605
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	2.18	1.26	4	141389,141413,141414,141424	63
Wickenburgite ()*	Wickenburgite	Pb₃CaAl₂Si₁₀O₂₇·4H₂O			1	141414	14
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			2	141394,141414	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			4	141394,141410,141424,141425	1655

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_00000486	2.18	1.26	1.72±0.46	K-Ar				UAKA-73-05						26506	Adobe Wells Claim, Vulture District, Vulture Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA	Midway Cone	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050587	Potter-Cramer Mine (Potter Cramer Property), Vulture District, Vulture Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R050587
R130114	Flying Saucer Group (La Mina Group; Kinnon Group), Scorpion Hill, Vulture District, Vulture Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R130114
R130113	Flying Saucer Group (La Mina Group; Kinnon Group), Scorpion Hill, Vulture District, Vulture Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R130113

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