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Locality Name:
Cleator, Black Canyon District, Wickenburg Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1550
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1450

mindat Locality ID: 243677
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243677.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cleator, Black Canyon District, Wickenburg Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Cleator Area
Crazy Basin Property
Golden Belt Mine (Golden Turkey Extension Mine)
Gray Goose Mine (Gold King Mine; Sylvias Claim)
Jubilee Mine
Saint Johns Mine
Saint Louis Claim (St. Louis Claim)

Latitude: 34°16'41"N
Longitude: 112°13'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.278055555556,-112.22416666667
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteStaurolite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51550145011491391310
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15501450114914127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215501450114914127198
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O155014503149139,149140,149145345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15501450114914124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu15501450114914130554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31550145011491395433
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2155014503149139,149140,1491455800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215501450114914139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215501450114914561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15501450114914121482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)155014501149139978


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000310Precambrian basement in Prescott area


1 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_00000310155014501500±50K-Ar  UAKA-60-04  Muscovite 3395Cleator Area, Cleator, Black Canyon District, Wickenburg Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USACleator areaShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 

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