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Locality Name:
Havasu Palms (Roads End Camp), Whipple District (Monumental District), Whipple Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 274511
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274511.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Havasu Palms (Roads End Camp), Whipple District (Monumental District), Whipple Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Chemehuevi Mine (Black Queen)
Dawson Deposit (Mc Dowell; Black Chief)
Dunbar Prospect (Dunbar Property; Orchard Deposits)
Islander Mine (Islander Prospect)
Klondike Group
Roulette Prospect [1] (Unnamed Prospect)
Roulette Prospect [2]
Stewart Mine (Juarez Mine; Stewart Manganese Mines)
Unknown Au Prospect [292]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [34]
Unnamed Au-Ag Prospect [43]
Unnamed Au-Ag-Cu Prospect [6]

Latitude: 34°22'47"N
Longitude: 114°17'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.379722222222,-114.29416666667
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 Mn O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBrauniteCalciteCopperCorundumNoneQuartzRutile

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1174119483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4834832174118,17412427770
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11741213531
Gold  (*)CopperAu2174120,17412330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34834833174118,174121,17412414640
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1174119770
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211741243106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24174119,174120,174123,17412461156


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
podchrome-00048483483Lower Ordovician (483±21 Ma Sm-Nd whole rock and mineral)       Cr88395Dawson Deposit (Mc Dowell; Black Chief), Havasu Palms (Roads End Camp), Whipple District (Monumental District), Whipple Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USABlack ChiefMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 

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