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Locality Name:
Copperopolis, Castle Creek District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 18928
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18928.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copperopolis, Castle Creek District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Big Lead Mine
Buckhorn Mine (Buckhorn Property; Willis Mine)
Buzzard's Roost
Champie Mine (Lehman Mine; Lehman Copper Mine; Lone Star Mine; UFO Claims; Cersa Moje 1-7 Claims; Rhoades-Iola Claims)
Copper King Mine
Copperopolis Mine (Melinda Jane Drift; Mammoth; Amity Group; Patented Claims 1200 And 1246)
Dugan Mine
Golden Aster Mine (Lehman Mine; Lehman Property; Rattlesnake Vein)
Lehman Gold Quartz Mine (Lehman's Mine)
McKinzie Mine
Sheep Mountain Cu Occurrence
Unnamed Cu Prospect
Whipsaw Gulch (Whipsaw Creek)

Latitude: 34°3'50"N
Longitude: 112°28'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.063888888889,-112.47638888889

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 As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Na O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteBismutiteCalciteCopperCorundumDescloizite
DiasporeFluoriteFornaciteIraniteMalachiteMiniumNonePhenakitePlancheiteQuartz
RocksaltStibniteTourmaline

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemihedrite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Mottramite  (*)Namibite  (*)Opal  (*)
Plancheite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3147659,147663,1476652734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2147663,14766511547
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2114767196
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31147662214
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311476621935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2147662,14767127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11476634979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2147662,1476655707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O5147662,147663,147665,147671,1476743531
Copper  (*)CopperCu11476623846
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211476629617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)114766385
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3147659,147663,14766524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11476717437
Gold  (*)CopperAu4147662,147667,147671,14767430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36147660,147662,147663,147665,147671,14767414640
Hemihedrite  (*)IraniteZnPb10(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2114766314
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21147663265
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22147663,14767112537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO1147663202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11476631107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41147663247
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1147671362
Namibite  (*)NoneCu(BiO)2(VO4)(OH)114767124
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11476712994
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O3147663,147671,14767474
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23147662,147663,14767161156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11476632705
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO42147663,147671303



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120112Copperopolis, Castle Creek District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R120112
R100182Copperopolis, Castle Creek District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R100182


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