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Locality Name:
Minnesota-Connor Mine (Minnesota-Conner Mine; Pluto Mine), Chloride, Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1430
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1020

mindat Locality ID: 39530
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39530.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minnesota-Connor Mine (Minnesota-Conner Mine; Pluto Mine), Chloride, Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°24'12"N
Longitude: 114°10'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.403333333333,-114.17444444444
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1430102009052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14301020027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214301020027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14301020024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14301020030554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21430102005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214301020017380
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3143010200733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31430102001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214301020039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81430102009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214301020061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14301020021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131430102005317


4 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_00000317143013501390±40K-Ar  UAKA-57-17 Yes  31210Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USAChloride Mining DistrictShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_00000318121011501180±30K-Ar  UAKA-57-18 Yes  31210Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USAChloride Mining DistrictShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_00000319122011401180±40K-Ar  UAKA-57-19 Yes  31210Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USAChloride Mining DistrictShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_00000320108010201050±30K-Ar  UAKA-57-20 Yes  31210Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USAChloride Mining DistrictShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 

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