Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Diamond Joe District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 79.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 40

mindat Locality ID: 274700
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274700.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Diamond Joe District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
American Molybdenum Mine (American Moly Mine; Cedar Mine)
Copper Canyon Mines (Copper Canyon; Great Canyon; Copper Wonder 3-5 Claims)
Diamond Joe Mine (Silver King Mine; Silver Trail Mines Company Mine)
Golden Comstock Mine
Hollingsworth Properties (Copperville Mine; Pittsburg Mine; Royal Blue Mine; Gold King Spanish Arastra; Berkely Mine; Luck Day Mine; Siamese Group; Silver Dollar Mine; Side Line Mine; Lucky Penny Mine)
Lower Group
Millsite Area

Latitude: 34°49'40"N
Longitude: 113°46'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.827777777778,-113.77694444444

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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite Molybdenite None Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	142538	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	142534,142535,142537	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	142535,142538	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	142541	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4	142534,142535,142537,142541	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	142535	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	142535,142537,142538	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	142538	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	142538	21482

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
EG94_211-00003	72	72		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	D11	107555	Diamond Joe Mine (Silver King Mine; Silver Trail Mines Company Mine), Diamond Joe District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Diamond Joe	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00004	72	72		Pb-Pb	whole rock?	D31	107555	Diamond Joe Mine (Silver King Mine; Silver Trail Mines Company Mine), Diamond Joe District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Diamond Joe	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
NAVDAT-30010	73.7	70.3	72±1.7			30010	107555	Diamond Joe Mine (Silver King Mine; Silver Trail Mines Company Mine), Diamond Joe District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-30011	79.2	64.8	72±7.2			30011	107555	Diamond Joe Mine (Silver King Mine; Silver Trail Mines Company Mine), Diamond Joe District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-30012	79.2	64.8	72±7.2			30012	107555	Diamond Joe Mine (Silver King Mine; Silver Trail Mines Company Mine), Diamond Joe District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
NAVDAT-30015	72	40	56±16			30015	107555	Diamond Joe Mine (Silver King Mine; Silver Trail Mines Company Mine), Diamond Joe District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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