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Locality Name:
Agua Fria District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1640
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1640

mindat Locality ID: 42859
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42859.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Agua Fria District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Agua Fria Mine
Big Bug Placers
Kit Carson Mine (Kit Carson Vein; Kit Carson And Walter Prospect)
Mayer
Raible And Hatz Claim
Silver Flake Mine
Stoddard

Latitude: 34°26'32"N
Longitude: 112°16'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.442222222222,-112.28277777778

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Gypsum	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica
Natrochalcite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Adamite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bonattite ()*	Boothite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinoclase ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolerophanite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Reichenbachite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Vanadinite ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Calcite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Gypsum Malachite Melanterite Mica
Natrochalcite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

46 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1640	1640	4	147512,147517,147518,147520	3419
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	147517	254
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	147517	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	147506	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1640	1640	2	147512,147517	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	147517	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1640	1640	3	147512,147517,147520	5509
Bonattite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·3H₂O			1	147517	21
Boothite ()*	Melanterite	Cu(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	147517	18
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	147517	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1640	1640	4	147512,147517,147518,147520	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	147517	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			6	147511,147514,147515,147517,147518,147520	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1640	1640	7	147506,147510,147511,147512,147517,147518,147522	27198
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃			2	147515,147517	127
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	147522	966
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1640	1640	3	147512,147515,147517	363
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1640	1640	3	147512,147515,147517	175
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	147517	2970
Dolerophanite ()*	Natrochalcite	Cu₂O(SO₄)			1	147517	9
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1640	1640	2	147512,147517	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1640	1640	4	147510,147512,147517,147522	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1640	1640	6	147505,147510,147512,147513,147517,147522	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	147517	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	147517,147518,147524	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	147517	2228
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1640	1640	1	147512	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	147517,147524	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1640	1640	3	147512,147517,147520	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1640	1640	5	147510,147512,147517,147518,147520	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1640	1640	3	147512,147515,147517	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	147517	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1640	1640	7	147506,147510,147512,147517,147518,147520,147522	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	147517	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	147522	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1640	1640	4	147506,147510,147512,147513	61156
Reichenbachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1640	1640	1	147512	26
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	147510	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1640	1640	2	147512,147517	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	147506	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1640	1640	4	147510,147512,147517,147522	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	147517	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	147517	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	147517	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1640	1640	4	147506,147512,147517,147518	5317
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			1	147506	605

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
	vms-01011	1640	1640	Proterozoic										S	44061	Binghampton Mine (Arizona Binghampton Mine; Patented Claims MS 1694; 2543; 3421; 3517 And 3613), Mayer, Agua Fria District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Binghampton	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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