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Locality Name:
Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1731
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1500

mindat Locality ID: 37301
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37301.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bentley District
Music Mountain District

Latitude: 35°58'55"N
Longitude: 113°51'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.981944444444,-113.85222222222
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: Al Au C Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteBrochantiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDescloiziteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteRocksalt

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Corundum  (*)Cotunnite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51731150001310
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2173115002142600,1426015509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61731150011426011633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S173115002142600,1426015707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217311500114260027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1731150011426013531
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31731150001797
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl217311500114260154
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)173115001142601378
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS173115003142602,142604,14260624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu173115002142602,14260630554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2173115002142600,14260112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2173115003142602,142604,14260639462


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000060west of Boyd Tenney Ranch, south of Diamond Bar Ranch
Jen_0000060awest of Boyd Tenney Ranch, south of Diamond Bar Ranch
Jen_0000060bwest of Boyd Tenney Ranch, south of Diamond Bar Ranch
Jen_0000060cwest of Boyd Tenney Ranch, south of Diamond Bar Ranch
Jen_0000060dwest of Boyd Tenney Ranch, south of Diamond Bar Ranch
Jen_0000060ewest of Boyd Tenney Ranch, south of Diamond Bar Ranch
Jen_0000060fwest of Boyd Tenney Ranch, south of Diamond Bar Ranch
Jen_0000060gwest of Boyd Tenney Ranch, south of Diamond Bar Ranch


8 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
Jen_0000060163015001630-1500Rb-Srage of intrusionwhole rockA-3    37301Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave Co., Arizona, USAGrand Wash CliffsWasserburg and Lanphere (1965)10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2GSAB76_735intrusion of younger granite into older metamorphic terrain
Jen_0000060a173115381731-1538Rb-Srage of intrusionalbiteA-3  Albite  37301Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave Co., Arizona, USAGrand Wash CliffsWasserburg and Lanphere (1965)10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2GSAB76_735intrusion of younger granite into older metamorphic terrain
Jen_0000060b163015201630-1520Rb-Srage of intrusionmicrocline, albiteA-3    37301Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave Co., Arizona, USAGrand Wash CliffsWasserburg and Lanphere (1965)10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2GSAB76_735intrusion of younger granite into older metamorphic terrain
Jen_0000060c166316161663-1616Rb-Srage of intrusionmicroclineA-4B  Microcline  37301Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave Co., Arizona, USAGrand Wash CliffsWasserburg and Lanphere (1965)10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2GSAB76_735intrusion of younger granite into older metamorphic terrain
Jen_0000060d159315931593Rb-Srage of metamorphismbiotiteA-6    37301Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave Co., Arizona, USAGrand Wash CliffsWasserburg and Lanphere (1965)10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2GSAB76_735 
Jen_0000060e169516951695K-Arage of metamorphismhornblendeA-7    37301Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave Co., Arizona, USAGrand Wash CliffsWasserburg and Lanphere (1965)10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2GSAB76_735 
Jen_0000060f163516101635-1610K-Ar/Rb-Srage of intrusionmuscoviteA-8A  Muscovite  37301Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave Co., Arizona, USAGrand Wash CliffsWasserburg and Lanphere (1965)10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2GSAB76_735intrusion of younger granite into older metamorphic terrain
Jen_0000060g165416541654Rb-Srage of intrusionmicroclineA-8C  Microcline  37301Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave Co., Arizona, USAGrand Wash CliffsWasserburg and Lanphere (1965)10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2GSAB76_735intrusion of younger granite into older metamorphic terrain

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