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Locality Name:
Yuma Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1080
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.6

mindat Locality ID: 18497
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18497.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yuma Co., Arizona, USA": 384
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 269

Number of Child Localities: 52
Child Localities:
Alamo Spring
Aztec Quarry
Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range
Bear Hills
Black Butte Mine
Bryan Mts
Buck Peak
Cabeza Prieta Game Range
Cabeza Prieta Mts
Castle Dome Mts
Castle Dome Plain Clinoptilolite Deposit
Columbus Peak
Days End Prospect
Dome
Dome Area
Eagletail Mts (Cemetery Ridge) Area
Gila Bend
Gila Mts
Grady And Standard Mine
Growler
Hoodoo Well
Kofa Game Range
Kofa Mts (S.H. Mts)
Laguna Mts (San Pablo Mts)
Ligurta Area
Little Horn Mts
Martin Manganese Mine
Middle District (Middle Mountains District)
Mohawk Mts
Muggins Mts
Neversweat Ridge-Palomas Mts
Nottbusch Butte
O'Neill Hills
Owl Head
Palmer Claim
Pride And Joy Claim
Radium Hot Springs Area
Raven Butte
Sierra Pinta Mts
Silver And Gold Occurrence
Tank Mts
The Potholes
Thumb Butte District (Montezuma District)
Unnamed Mica Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Pb-Ag-Au Mine
Unnamed W Prospect
Wellton Hills-Copper Mts
Wharton Claim
Wood's Manganese Mine
Yuma
Yuma County Manganese Deposits
Yuma District

Latitude: 32°52'25"N
Longitude: 113°53'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.873611111111,-113.89111111111
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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sr U V W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteAutuniteBaryteBerylBixbyite
BrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMica
MiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePolybasitePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRamsdelliteRhodonite
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTalcVesuvianite

76 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurorite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Bixbyite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Colemanite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Dioptase  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Groutite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hollandite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Massicot  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Minium  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nsutite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Salammoniac  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Todorokite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Weeksite  (*)Willemite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5108013.611493471310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)108013.615149232,149233,149250,149251,149252,149254,149255,149256,149258,149260,149273,149275,149277,149451,1495002734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2108013.64149465,149467,149470,1495103092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)108013.65149233,149260,149273,149441,1494523250
Aurorite  (*)NoneMn2+Mn4+3O7·3H2O108013.62149396,14944122
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O23.221.82149476,1494801272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)223.221.82149346,1494805509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)108013.628149232,149233,149252,149254,149258,149260,149266,149268,149269,149273,149274,149275,149276,149277,149279,149280,149282,149289,149310,149410,149449,149451,149457,149465,149470,149493,149500,14954211547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18108013.611493534286
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3108013.63149398,149410,149411104
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11108013.61149410843
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6108013.62149250,1495491633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)31.120.4977149217,149233,149236,149237,149248,149250,149251,149252,149254,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149266,149268,149269,149273,149274,149275,149276,149277,149279,149280,149282,149284,149285,149288,149289,149301,149337,149344,149354,149372,149373,149374,149376,149377,149378,149379,149382,149383,149388,149389,149390,149396,149413,149422,149432,149441,149442,149446,149447,149449,149450,149451,149452,149453,149460,149461,149465,149466,149470,149480,149510,149522,149524,149533,149540,149545,149549,149551,149560,149561,149562,149569,14958127770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O23.221.82149476,1494801184
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)108013.612149232,149250,149252,149254,149256,149258,149260,149273,149275,149277,149451,1495004979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O23.221.81149483925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S108013.68149214,149217,149232,149301,149346,149518,149535,1495675707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O108013.62149396,149452197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2108013.6114952427198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl108013.611495001382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O53.820.4929149213,149214,149217,149229,149250,149342,149367,149377,149449,149461,149495,149496,149497,149498,149510,149527,149532,149540,149544,149549,149553,149556,149560,149561,149562,149564,149565,149566,1495673531
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O108013.61149329144
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS108013.611495674165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O23.221.811494802970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)108013.62149233,149515378
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O108013.61149514164
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)108013.64149224,149332,149347,1494108173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2108013.637149232,149233,149238,149250,149251,149252,149254,149256,149257,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149266,149268,149269,149273,149274,149275,149276,149277,149279,149280,149282,149289,149294,149314,149389,149396,149400,149410,149413,149421,149422,149470,1495009617
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3108013.61149232105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS108013.630149233,149250,149251,149252,149254,149256,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149266,149268,149269,149273,149274,149275,149276,149277,149279,149280,149282,149289,149310,149389,149422,149451,149455,149493,14950024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)108013.611492507437
Gold  (*)CopperAu31.120.4962149232,149278,149330,149333,149335,149336,149342,149344,149347,149354,149365,149372,149373,149374,149376,149377,149378,149379,149382,149383,149388,149389,149393,149396,149397,149404,149408,149409,149410,149415,149424,149425,149427,149428,149430,149431,149432,149433,149434,149435,149442,149445,149446,149449,149460,149474,149483,149485,149486,149524,149527,149528,149530,149532,149533,149534,149540,149564,149565,149566,149578,14958830554
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)108013.64149398,149399,149411,14944172
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O31.121.820149233,149240,149254,149275,149312,149349,149425,149430,149431,149432,149433,149434,149461,149480,149493,149500,149549,149564,149565,1495666890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3108013.621149213,149224,149250,149260,149341,149342,149346,149347,149449,149495,149513,149518,149524,149527,149544,149545,149560,149561,149562,149566,14958414640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16108013.62149450,149452243
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6108013.65149233,149254,149255,149273,1492751066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6108013.65149250,149524,149564,149565,1495662228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4108013.64149284,149285,149349,1495275591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4108013.611493431507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4108013.64149224,149354,149518,14952414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)253.820.4924149213,149217,149224,149232,149288,149310,149342,149346,149347,149367,149377,149461,149471,149496,149497,149498,149518,149527,149540,149556,149560,149561,149562,14956712537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)108013.63149390,149398,149411770
Massicot  (*)NonePbO108013.62149252,149277202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl108013.68149233,149254,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,1492731107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4108013.64149232,149233,149303,149500247
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O108013.62149280,1495731508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)231.129.150149213,149214,149217,149224,149229,149248,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149273,149275,149276,149277,149303,149310,149342,149344,149349,149355,149406,149425,149431,149432,149433,149446,149449,149461,149471,149510,149524,149527,149532,149540,149545,149547,149549,149551,149553,149560,149561,149562,149564,149565,149566,149567,149569,149574,14957817380
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x108013.61149399121
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O23.221.83149396,149476,1494802994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)108013.611495242349
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]108013.61149396716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS268.5268.5214149214,149254,149273,149275,149344,149347,149354,149389,149410,149524,149549,149553,149592,14959339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2108013.610149236,149237,149327,149390,149396,149442,149447,149449,149453,1495223106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl23.221.84149233,149259,149476,1494801725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2108013.61149210771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO223.220.4928149228,149233,149248,149260,149275,149285,149327,149342,149346,149353,149364,149365,149372,149374,149377,149378,149379,149383,149396,149410,149446,149449,149480,149518,149527,149540,149569,14958161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)108013.62149410,1494491711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)108013.61149389969
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl68.5268.521149591105
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8108013.62149344,149355353
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)108013.65149330,149365,149404,149409,1494184894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)31.129.16149213,149430,149431,149432,149433,1494346417
Silver  (*)CopperAg108013.62149410,1494155186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)108013.65149233,149248,149254,149255,1492732473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS108013.6114931021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2108013.611495203337
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O108013.63149396,149398,149411433
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O108013.611492321059
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O23.221.82149476,149480890
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl23.221.813149233,149250,149251,149252,149254,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149273,149280,149480605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10108013.611493321395
Weeksite  (*)None(K)2(UO2)2(Si5O13)·4H2O23.221.8114948042
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4108013.63149257,149260,149396303
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)108013.62149233,149279251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO423.221.822149232,149233,149250,149251,149252,149254,149258,149259,149260,149261,149262,149273,149275,149276,149279,149280,149282,149289,149342,149463,149480,1495691655


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000066Along Arizona Highway 95 about ~ mile east of the 16th Street railroad overpass


13 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
Giersdorf_00000340171163167±4K-ArK-Ar age is reset by a Jurassic or younger therman event UAKA-72-57    18497Yuma Co., Arizona, USAYuma CountyShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_00000341108010801080Rb-SrRock is same sample as above, just with the Rb-Sr date likely being closer UAKA-72-57    18497Yuma Co., Arizona, USAYuma CountyShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201Age is the Rb-Sr date of the same sample, showing that the K-Ar age was reset by a thermal event
Giersdorf_0000039724.323.123.7±0.6K-Ar  UAKA-74-117    18497Yuma Co., Arizona, USAYuma CountyShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_0000045214.3213.6814±0.32K-Ar  UAKA-79-55    18497Yuma Co., Arizona, USAAguila MountainsShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_0000045414.213.613.9±0.3K-Ar  UAKA-74-118    18497Yuma Co., Arizona, USAHyderShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_0000043518.3317.2917.81±0.52K-Ar  UAKA-76-41    187743Cabeza Prieta Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USACabeza Prieta MountainsShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_0000044416.5315.7116.12±0.41K-Ar  UAKA-74-112    187743Cabeza Prieta Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USACabeza Prieta MountainsShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_0000040621.5720.4921.03±0.54K-Ar  UAKA-72-48    33271Alamo Springs District, Kofa Mts (S.H. Mts), Yuma Co., Arizona, USATurtleback Mountain Quad.Shafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_0000038331.129.130.1±1.0K-Ar  UAKA-65-04    33531Laguna District (Las Flores District), Laguna Mts (San Pablo Mts), Yuma Co., Arizona, USALaguna Mountains Quad.Shafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_0000040223.221.822.5±0.7K-Ar  UAKA-67-23    33582Muggins District, Muggins Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USAMuggins MountainsShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_0000037253.851.252.5±1.3K-Ar  UAKA-75-99    51858McMillan Prospect, Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Cabeza Prieta Mts, La Posa District (Wellton District; Wellton Hills District), Wellton Hills-Copper Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USACabeza Prieta Quad.Shafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Jen_0000066707070Rb-Srage of intrusionlowbiotiteA-45    33852Jude Mine Group (Silverfields Mine), Yuma, Yuma District, Yuma Co., Arizona, USAYuma, ArizonaWasserburg and Lanphere (1965)10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2GSAB76_735intrusion of younger granite into older metamorphic terrain
USGS-Rb-Sr-0167968.5268.5268.52Rb-Srage of intrusionbiotite     33852Jude Mine Group (Silverfields Mine), Yuma, Yuma District, Yuma Co., Arizona, USA USGS-Rb-Sr USGS-Rb-Sr 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050189Strong Claims (Mabel Mine; Puzzler Mine), Kofa Game Range, Castle Dome District, Castle Dome Mts, Yuma Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050189

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