Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Calcite Prospect, Ellsworth District, Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 53.8

mindat Locality ID: 185587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Calcite Prospect, Ellsworth District, Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°47'16"N
Longitude: 113°41'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.787777777778,-113.69666666667

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.

Chalcopyrite	None

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: Cu Fe S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite None

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*

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
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	70.1	53.8	0		5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70.1	53.8	0		27198

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000356	68.5	65.7	67.1±1.4	K-Ar	age records cooling after a metamorphic event	UAKA-77-64	Yes	33608	Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Granite Wash Mts.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
Giersdorf_00000358	70.1	62.9	66.5±3.6	K-Ar		UAKA-66-03	Yes	33608	Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Granite Wash Pass	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
Giersdorf_00000368	56.2	53.8	55±1.2	K-Ar	Age reflects a tertiary cooling history in the Granite Wash Mts.	UAKA-77-63	Yes	33608	Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Granite Wash Mts.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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