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Locality Name:
White Picacho District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1580
Youngest recorded age at locality: 750

mindat Locality ID: 31279
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31279.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Picacho District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Anderson Pegmatite
December Twenty Pegmatite
Far Fetch Prospect
Friction Mine
Independence Gulch
Independence Mine (Independence Claim; Independence Prospects)
January Five Prospect
Little San Domingo Wash Area
Look Out Pegmatite Prospect
Mitchell Wash
Monarch Wash
No View Prospect
Picacho View Mine (Starlight Mine; Anderson Pegmatites; Homestead Claim; Homestead Lode; Homestead Mine; Monster Mine; Buena Vista Mine)
San Domingo Wash
Sunrise Prospect
Westerdahl Claims
White Jumbo Prospect
White Ridge Pegmatite Prospect
Yellow Poppy Prospect

Latitude: 33°58'32"N
Longitude: 112°32'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.975555555556,-112.5475
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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Fe H K Mn Na O P S Si Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArrojaditeArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBaryte
BerylBismutiteBjarebyiteCalciteChalcopyriteChildreniteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopper
CorundumEpidoteFairfielditeFeldsparFillowiteFluoriteGarnetHureauliteLazuliteMalachite
MarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhenakitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStauroliteStewartiteStibniteTourmalineTriplite
WagneriteZircon

76 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augelite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Brazilianite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Crandallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)  (*)Diopside  (*)Eosphorite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Eucryptite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Fillowite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hureaulite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Kulanite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Molybdite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Purpurite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Robertsite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Scorzalite  (*)Sicklerite  (*)Silver  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stewartite  (*)Strengite  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Triplite  (*)Triploidite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wyllieite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2158075011490893419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1384137010149071,149073,149074,149075,149076,149077,149083,149087,149092,1490938803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)158075011490932734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS158075011490879052
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)31580750079
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)215807501149077606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18138413707149073,149074,149075,149077,149083,149087,1490934286
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)21580750114909396
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi137913732149075,1490931966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3137913732149075,1490931935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)137913733149075,149092,149093716
Brazilianite  (*)Not in a structural groupNaAl3(PO4)2(OH)41580750059
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)137913734149075,149089,149090,14909427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2158075011490935171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)15807502149087,1490934979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215807502149089,14909027198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl15807500203
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O15807502149092,1490933531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS158075011490952600
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6137913731149075518
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6137913731149075310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O15807502149092,1490932970
Dickinsonite-(KMnNa)  (*)ArrojaditeK(NaMn)CaNa3AlMn13(PO4)12(OH)21580750026
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O615807502149089,1490904135
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O137913731149075128
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)15807502149089,1490908173
Eucryptite  (*)PhenakiteLiAlSiO4137913732149075,14907729
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O13791373114907572
Fillowite  (*)FillowiteNa3CaMn2+11(PO4)91580750014
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1379137311490752740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF215807502149087,1490939617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1580750114908724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu15807502149089,14909030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315807502149089,14909014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O158075011490871689
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O137913732149075,149094125
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH137913731149075367
Kulanite  (*)BjarebyiteBaFe2+2Al2(PO4)3(OH)313791373114907512
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)137913736149073,149075,149077,149094,149096,149097155
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215807502149089,14909012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)15807500770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2158075005674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)158075011490874924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl158075011490931107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS215807502149087,1490935800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO315807501149087140
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)137913737149073,149075,149077,149087,149094,149096,149097200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21384137012149071,149073,149074,149075,149076,149077,149083,149087,149092,149093,149094,14909617380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21379137311490752273
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)15807502149089,149090494
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)137913732149075,14909480
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215807505149087,149089,149090,149092,14909339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2158075003106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl158075011490931725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S815807502149092,1490939056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21384137012149071,149073,149074,149075,149077,149083,149087,149090,149092,149093,149094,14909661156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1379137311490751711
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O13791373114907536
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)15807504149080,149089,149090,1490914894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1384137010149071,149073,149074,149075,149077,149083,149087,149092,149093,1490962705
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)21580750060
Sicklerite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)1580750114909766
Silver  (*)CopperAg158075011490935186
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3138413704149075,149083,149093,1490941214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1580750114908721482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6138413708149073,149075,149077,149083,149087,149094,149096,149097688
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)137913731149075978
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O13791373114907548
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O137913732149075,149094263
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)137913731149075313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F137913731149075233
Triploidite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(PO4)(OH)13791373114907529
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl15807501149093605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO415807502149087,1490931655
Wyllieite  (*)NoneNaNaMn(Fe2+Al)(PO4)31580750017
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1384137005251


3 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
Scott-BOOK_GGCA_1978_61-000115807501580-750K-ArAge of intrusionmuscovite, albite, spodumene     31279White Picacho District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USAThe White Picacho districtLondon and Burt (1978)ix, 176 p. : ill. ; 28 cmBOOK_GGCA_1978_61P. 64
Bradley_2012_148137913731376±3U/Pb zircon   Zircon  30506Midnight Owl Mine (Lithia King Mine; Lithium King Mine; Midnight Owl Pegmatites), Independence Gulch, White Picacho District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USAMidnight OwlMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Bradley_2012_158138413701377±7U/Pb zircon   Zircon  51424Lower Jumbo Mine, Mitchell Wash, White Picacho District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USALower JumboMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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