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Locality Name:
Purple Passion Mine (Diamond Joe Mine; Cuprite Mine), Monarch Wash Area, Black Rock District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 114
Youngest recorded age at locality: 108

mindat Locality ID: 6031
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6031.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Purple Passion Mine (Diamond Joe Mine; Cuprite Mine), Monarch Wash Area, Black Rock District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°0'4"N
Longitude: 112°36'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.001111111111,-112.60416666667
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 Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCopperCorundumFluoriteKaoliniteNone
PhenakiteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSulphur

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11410802734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11410803250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114108011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114108027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11410804979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11410801382
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211410809617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114108024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu114108030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114108014640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611410801066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411410805591
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11410801107
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114108061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11410805186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11410802473
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11410802045
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO41141080303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411410801655


1 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_00000347114108111±3K-ArK-Ar age partially reset by some magmatic event UAKA-72-25 Yes  46724Constellation, Black Rock District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USAConstellation mining districtShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 

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