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

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

mindat Locality ID: 46161
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46161.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "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 Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°28'36"N
Longitude: 112°36'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.476666666667,-112.61055555556

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 Ba C Cu Fe H Hg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Cu Fe H Hg O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteClayCorundumKaoliniteMalachiteNonePyriteQuartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)7464011547
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS746402600
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36464014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4746405591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26464012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26464039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27464061156



5 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_211-000187474 Pb-Pb whole rock?CB11 Yes  46163Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USACopper BasinBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000197474 Pb-Pb whole rock?CB23 Yes  46163Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USACopper BasinBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000207272 Pb-Pb whole rock?CB31 Yes  46163Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USACopper BasinBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000217272 Pb-Pb whole rock?CB41 Yes  46163Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USACopper BasinBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
PorphCu-00685646464     YesActinolite, Arsenopyrite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Hematite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Tremolite, TurquoiseCu46163Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USACopper BasinSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 


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