Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Bull Canyon, Boriana District, Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1360
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1280

mindat Locality ID: 27376
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27376.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bull Canyon, Boriana District, Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Black Jack Claim
Bull Canyon Mine (Bull Canyon Group; Tungstate Mine; Iguana Claims; Iguana Mine)
Neglected Vein Prospect

Latitude: 34°56'56"N
Longitude: 113°54'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.948888888889,-113.90305555556

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.

Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Quartz	Scheelite

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite Mica Molybdenite None Quartz Scheelite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

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
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1360	1280	1	142663	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1360	1280	1	142663	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1360	1280	1	142663	9617
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1360	1280	1	142663	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1360	1280	1	142663	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1360	1280	0		61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1360	1280	1	142663	4894

1 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
	Giersdorf_00000323	1360	1280	1320±40	K-Ar				UAKA-21-57		Yes				3343	Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Hualapai Mountains	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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