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Locality Name:
Midnight Owl Mine (Lithia King Mine; Lithium King Mine; Midnight Owl Pegmatites), Independence Gulch, White Picacho District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1379
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1373

mindat Locality ID: 30506
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30506.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Midnight Owl Mine (Lithia King Mine; Lithium King Mine; Midnight Owl Pegmatites), Independence Gulch, White Picacho District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°59'57"N
Longitude: 112°30'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.999166666667,-112.51333333333
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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteArsenicArseniosideriteBerylBismutiteBjarebyiteCalciteChildreniteClay
ColumbiteFairfielditeFeldsparGarnetHureauliteMicaNoneOlivinePhenakitePyroxene
QuartzStauroliteStewartiteStibniteTourmalineTripliteWagnerite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Crandallite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Eucryptite  (*)
Fairfieldite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Kulanite  (*)
Lithiophilite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Purpurite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Robertsite  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stewartite  (*)Strengite  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Triplite  (*)Triploidite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1379137308803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181379137304286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1379137301966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31379137301935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)137913730716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13791373027770
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6137913730518
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6137913730310
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O137913730128
Eucryptite  (*)PhenakiteLiAlSiO413791373029
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O13791373072
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1379137302740
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O137913730125
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH137913730367
Kulanite  (*)BjarebyiteBaFe2+2Al2(PO4)3(OH)313791373012
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)137913730155
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)137913730200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213791373017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21379137302273
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)13791373080
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213791373061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1379137301711
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O13791373036
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1379137302705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31379137301214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6137913730688
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)137913730978
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O13791373048
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O137913730263
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)137913730313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F137913730233
Triploidite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(PO4)(OH)13791373029


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
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 

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