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Locality Name:
Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 74
Youngest recorded age at locality: 64

mindat Locality ID: 46163
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46163.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Cinnabar Queen Mine (Cinnabar Queen Property; Cinnabar King Mine; Mercury Mine; Mercury Group; Queen Property; Adeline Mercury Mine; Big Plumne Mine; White House 30 Claim)
Copper Hill Mine (Copper Hill Group; Patented Claims MS 4452)
Kirkland Area
Loma Prieta Mine (Commercial Mine; Copper Glance Mine; Patented Claims MS 3425; Copper Hill Mine [?]; Copper Basin Group [in Part])
Mercury Property
Secs. 20 & 21; T.13N.; R.3W.
Shylock Property
Zero Hour Property

Latitude: 34°28'41"N
Longitude: 112°35'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.478055555556,-112.59638888889

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Spinel	Zircon

Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Spinel Zircon

29 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
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	74	64	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	64	64	1	148848	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	74	64	1	148842	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	64	64	2	148843,148848	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	74	64	1	148848	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	64	64	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	64	64	2	148843,148848	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	64	64	2	148843,148848	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	64	64	1	148848	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	74	64	6	148842,148846,148847,148849,148851,148852	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	64	64	1	148848	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	64	64	2	148848,148850	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	74	64	1	148848	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	64	64	1	148843	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	64	64	2	148843,148848	345
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	74	64	1	148846	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	64	64	3	148842,148843,148848	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	74	64	2	148843,148848	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	74	64	2	148842,148843	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	74	64	1	148846	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	64	64	3	148842,148843,148848	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	74	64	1	148847	397
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	64	64	2	148843,148848	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	74	64	2	148843,148848	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	74	64	1	148848	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	64	64	3	148842,148843,148848	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	74	64	1	148842	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	64	64	1	148848	1101
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	74	64	1	148847	5251

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
EG94_211-00018	74	74		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CB11			46163	Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Basin	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00019	74	74		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CB23			46163	Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Basin	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00020	72	72		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CB31			46163	Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Basin	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00021	72	72		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	CB41			46163	Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Basin	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
PorphCu-00685	64	64	64				Actinolite, Arsenopyrite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Hematite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Tremolite, Turquoise	Cu	46163	Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Copper Basin	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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