Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Towers Mountain Area, Pine Grove District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 274691
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274691.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Towers Mountain Area, Pine Grove District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wildflower Mine (Anaconda Tunnel; Sabronje Shoot; Sabronje Drift; Patented Claims 1232; 1233; 1235; 1236; 4542; 4544; Green Mountain Gen. No. 289 Claim)

Latitude: 34°14'8"N
Longitude: 112°21'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.235555555556,-112.35444444444

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	147904	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	147904	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	147904	27198
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	147904	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	147904	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	147904	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	147904	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	147904	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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