Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Monument Peak, Whipple District (Monumental District), Whipple Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

mindat Locality ID: 274467
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274467.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monument Peak, Whipple District (Monumental District), Whipple Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Blackjack Group
Copper Basin Mine (Copper Basin Project; Copper Basin No. 4 Claim; Copper Basin No. 6 Claim; Monumental Mine)
Copper Bell Mine (Copper Bell Group)
Copper Crest Group
Gold Crown Group
Homer Claims (Ruthie Prospect)
Lecourse Occurrence
Lortie Group
Monument King Mine (Ring And Hidden; Hidden Cross; Hidden Treasure; Manganese King; La Course; Cross Roads; Hall Burke)
Moulton Mine (Red Cross Mine; Monarch Group)
Mount Whipple Gold Mining Company Prospect (Venus No. 13 Claim; Star Claim; Mars Claim; Western Star Claim; Crescent Claim; Crescent Mine)
Nickel Plate Mine
Outpost Claims
Quadrangle Copper Group (Outpost)
Red Eagle Group (Viati Mining Company Property; Pasadena Shaft; Horseshoe Tunnel)
Sunday Brass Prospect
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [17]
Unnamed Au-Cu-Ag Prospect [12]
Unnamed Cu Prospect [15](MRDS - 10286690)
Unnamed Cu Prospect [28]
Unnamed Cu Prospect [5]
Unnamed Cu Prospect [53]
Unnamed Mn Prospect [5]
Van Horn Mine (Colorado; Hilltop; Anchor; Barnett)
Y-High Prospect

Latitude: 34°17'16"N
Longitude: 114°16'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.287777777778,-114.28027777778

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Titanite	Zircon

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K 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 Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Titanite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	174130,174133,174137,174138,174145,174153	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	174131	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	174138,174139,174153	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	174131	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	174131	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	11	174130,174133,174134,174135,174137,174140,174141,174143,174144,174148,174150	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	174131	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	174138	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14	174130,174133,174134,174135,174137,174138,174139,174140,174141,174143,174144,174148,174150,174153	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	174141	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	174131,174137,174141	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	174144	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	174139,174150,174153	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	174132,174137,174138,174139,174153	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	174138	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	174132	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	174141	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	174141	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...