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Locality Name:
Rawhide Wash, Artillery Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 58.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 51

mindat Locality ID: 204138
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204138.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rawhide Wash, Artillery Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Rawhide Mine
Rawhide Mine Area
Shannon Mine (Shannon Prospect)

Latitude: 34°18'50"N
Longitude: 113°39'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.313888888889,-113.66416666667

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Mn Mo O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteFluoriteMiniumNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz
RutileScheeliteWickenburgite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Alamosite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Creaseyite  (*)Dioptase  (*)Embreyite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Luddenite  (*)Manganite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Shattuckite  (*)Trippkeite  (*)Wherryite  (*)Wickenburgite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alamosite  (*)Not in a structural groupPbSiO358.8513141601,141603,14160417
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)58.85111416012734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)58.851114160511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)58.851114160527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)58.85111416044979
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O58.85111416013531
Creaseyite  (*)NoneCu2Pb2Fe3+2Si5O17·6H2O58.851114160127
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O58.8511141601164
Embreyite  (*)NonePb5(CrO4)2(PO4)2·H2O58.85111416015
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF258.85111416049617
Luddenite  (*)NoneCu2Pb2Si5O14·14H2O58.8512141603,1416044
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)58.8511141605770
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl58.85111416041107
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO258.85111416053106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO258.8513141601,141603,14160561156
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)258.8512141601,14160371
Trippkeite  (*)MiniumCu2+As3+2O458.85111416017
Wherryite  (*)NonePb7Cu2(SO4)4(SiO4)2(OH)258.85111416019
Wickenburgite  (*)WickenburgitePb3CaAl2Si10O27·4H2O58.8512141603,14160414
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO458.8512141601,1416041655



2 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_0000036558.856.457.6±1.2K-Ar  UAKA-75-61    204138Rawhide Wash, Artillery Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USARawhide MountainShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_0000036653.45152.2±1.2K-Ar  UAKA-75-61    204138Rawhide Wash, Artillery Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USARawhide MountainShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 


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