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Locality Name:
Whipple Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1326.059
Youngest recorded age at locality: 483

mindat Locality ID: 209300
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209300.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whipple Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 145
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 135

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Whipple District (Monumental District)

Latitude: 34°18'13"N
Longitude: 114°21'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.303611111111,-114.35194444444

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Talc Titanite Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	174176	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			4	174115,174162,174178,174187	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			13	174098,174101,174102,174113,174130,174133,174137,174138,174145,174153,174212,174229,174230	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	174131	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			2	174101,174119	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	483	483	7	174118,174124,174138,174139,174153,174176,174229	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	174131,174190	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1326.059	1325.941	9	174131,174157,174178,174186,174190,174223,174226,174228,174239	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	174099	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			33	174098,174099,174100,174102,174115,174121,174130,174133,174134,174135,174137,174140,174141,174143,174144,174148,174150,174162,174176,174181,174213,174218,174220,174222,174223,174224,174225,174226,174228,174229,174230,174231,174239	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	174131	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	174138	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1326.059	1325.941	4	174120,174123,174157,174177	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	483	483	33	174098,174100,174102,174118,174121,174124,174130,174133,174134,174135,174137,174138,174139,174140,174141,174143,174144,174148,174150,174153,174176,174181,174213,174218,174220,174222,174224,174225,174228,174229,174230,174231,174239	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	174176	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	174141	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	174101	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			12	174115,174162,174178,174181,174186,174187,174218,174222,174224,174228,174229,174230	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			2	174101,174119	770
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			8	174131,174137,174141,174181,174218,174222,174229,174230	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			5	174144,174190,174223,174226,174239	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			5	174124,174139,174150,174153,174230	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1326.059	1325.941	18	174098,174100,174101,174119,174120,174123,174124,174132,174137,174138,174139,174153,174157,174177,174186,174216,174226,174230	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	174176	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	174138	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	174222	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	174132	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	174141	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	174141	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000130	biotite hornblende granite

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	podchrome-00048	483	483	Lower Ordovician (483±21 Ma Sm-Nd whole rock and mineral)										Cr	88395	Dawson Deposit (Mc Dowell; Black Chief), Havasu Palms (Roads End Camp), Whipple District (Monumental District), Whipple Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	Black Chief	Moiser et al. (2012)		USGSSIR2012_5157
	Jen_0000130	1326.059	1325.941	1326±0.059	Rb-Sr										274468	Parker Dam, Whipple District (Monumental District), Whipple Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA	Parker Dam Biotite-Hornblende Granite (Granite porphyry), California	Anderson (1983)	10.1130/MEM161-p133	GSAM161_133	anorogenic

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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