Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rare Metals Mine (Waldren Mining Company Mine), Aquarius Mts (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1679
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1554

mindat Locality ID: 19377
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19377.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rare Metals Mine (Waldren Mining Company Mine), Aquarius Mts (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°50'27"N
Longitude: 113°33'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.840833333333,-113.55444444444

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.

Allanite	Beryl	Chevkinite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica
Monazite	None	Quartz	Titanite

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite-(Y) ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Be Bi Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O P Si Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O P Si Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Beryl Chevkinite Clay Columbite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica
Monazite None Quartz Titanite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1679	1554	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1679	1554	706
Allanite-(Y) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaY(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1679	1554	28
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1679	1554	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1679	1554	214
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	1679	1554	89
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1679	1554	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1679	1554	14640
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1593	1554	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1679	1554	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1679	1630	17380
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1679	1554	121
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1679	1554	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1679	1554	353
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1679	1554	4899

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000063	east of Cane Springs, on the road to Rare Metals Pegmatite
Jen_0000063a	east of Cane Springs, on the road to Rare Metals Pegmatite
Jen_0000063b	east of Cane Springs, on the road to Rare Metals Pegmatite
Jen_0000063c	7 miles west of Rare Metals Pegmatite

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Jen_0000063	1679	1630	1679-1630	K-Ar/Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	muscovite	A-31	Muscovite	19377	Rare Metals Mine (Waldren Mining Company Mine), Aquarius Mts (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Rare Metals Mine	Wasserburg and Lanphere (1965)	10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB76_735	age of emplacement of granitic rocks
Jen_0000063a	1593	1593	1593	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	microcline	A-32	Microcline	19377	Rare Metals Mine (Waldren Mining Company Mine), Aquarius Mts (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Rare Metals Mine	Wasserburg and Lanphere (1965)	10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB76_735	age of emplacement of granitic rocks
Jen_0000063b	1587	1587	1587	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	biotite	A-35		19377	Rare Metals Mine (Waldren Mining Company Mine), Aquarius Mts (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Rare Metals Mine	Wasserburg and Lanphere (1965)	10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB76_735	age of emplacement of granitic rocks
Jen_0000063c	1554	1554	1554	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	microcline	A-37	Microcline	19377	Rare Metals Mine (Waldren Mining Company Mine), Aquarius Mts (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Rare Metals Mine	Wasserburg and Lanphere (1965)	10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB76_735	age of emplacement of granitic rocks

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