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Locality Name:
Rawhide Mine, Rawhide Wash, Artillery Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 58.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 51

mindat Locality ID: 30881
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30881.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rawhide Mine, Rawhide Wash, Artillery Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°17'54"N
Longitude: 113°39'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.298333333333,-113.65916666667

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Scheelite

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 As Cr Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cr Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Minium None Not in a structural group Quartz Scheelite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Alamosite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Creaseyite ()*	Dioptase ()*
Embreyite ()*	Quartz ()*	Shattuckite ()*	Trippkeite ()*	Wherryite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alamosite ()*	Not in a structural group	PbSiO₃	58.8	51	17
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	58.8	51	2734
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	58.8	51	3531
Creaseyite ()*	None	Cu₂Pb₂Fe³⁺₂Si₅O₁₇·6H₂O	58.8	51	27
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	58.8	51	164
Embreyite ()*	None	Pb₅(CrO₄)₂(PO₄)₂·H₂O	58.8	51	5
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	58.8	51	61156
Shattuckite ()*	None	Cu₅(SiO₃)₄(OH)₂	58.8	51	71
Trippkeite ()*	Minium	Cu²⁺As³⁺₂O₄	58.8	51	7
Wherryite ()*	None	Pb₇Cu₂(SO₄)₄(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	58.8	51	9
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	58.8	51	1655

2 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_00000365	58.8	56.4	57.6±1.2	K-Ar				UAKA-75-61		Yes				204138	Rawhide Wash, Artillery Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Rawhide Mountain	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201
	Giersdorf_00000366	53.4	51	52.2±1.2	K-Ar				UAKA-75-61		Yes				204138	Rawhide Wash, Artillery Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Rawhide Mountain	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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