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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 64
Youngest recorded age at locality: 64

mindat Locality ID: 31217
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31217.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tiger District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Benton Mine (Benton Patent General Number 16 Claim)
Big Belle Vein (Big Bell Mine; Patented Claim 1713; Hungry Lode)
Crown King
Eclipse Mine
Fourth Of July Mine
Gray Eagle Mine (Oro Belle And Gray Eagle Mine; Patented Claim Oro Bonito Gen No. 154; Patented Claims 12830 & 854; Oro Bella Mine)
Gray Eagle Mine (Oro Belle And Gray Eagle Mine)
Hammond And Riggs Claim
Lida Mine
Linn Mine
Lorena Mine (Blue Jacket Group)
M & M Prospect (M And M Vein; M & M Vein)
Moreland Mine
Oro Bonito Mine
Southern Belle Mine

Latitude: 34°10'51"N
Longitude: 112°20'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.180833333333,-112.34166666667

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S64642147948,1479622793
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)264642147948,1479673092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)64642147957,14796727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS264643147947,147950,14795727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl64645147948,147958,147962,147964,1479661382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2646411479529895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS64645147948,147950,147952,147957,14796724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu64644147951,147967,147969,14797030554
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3646401425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS264645147948,147950,147952,147957,14796739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO264644147947,147948,147950,14795761156
Silver  (*)CopperAg64643147948,147957,1479675186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS64645147948,147950,147952,147957,14796721482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1364642147957,1479675317



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
EG94_211-00023646464Pb-Pb whole rock?CK1    45046Crown King, Tiger District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USACrown KingBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 


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