Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Humboldt, Big Bug District, Prescott Quadrangle, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1640
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1640

mindat Locality ID: 274796
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274796.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Humboldt, Big Bug District, Prescott Quadrangle, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Iron King Mine
Iron King Mine (Lime Rock Patented Claim 1714; Copper Platter Patented Claim 1714; Patented Claims 1714)
Iron King Mine Area

Latitude: 34°30'14"N
Longitude: 112°15'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.503888888889,-112.25472222222

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Mica
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 As Au B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Mica
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1640	1640	1	147928	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1640	1640	1	147928	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1640	1640	1	147928	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1640	1640	1	147928	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1640	1640	1	147928	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1640	1640	1	147928	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1640	1640	1	147928	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1640	1640	1	147928	1382
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1640	1640	1	147928	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1640	1640	1	147928	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1640	1640	1	147928	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1640	1640	1	147928	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	147929	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1640	1640	1	147928	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1640	1640	1	147928	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1640	1640	1	147928	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1640	1640	1	147928	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1640	1640	1	147928	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1640	1640	1	147928	1803

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
	vms-01016	1640	1640	Proterozoic										S	50665	Iron King Mine (Lime Rock Patented Claim 1714; Copper Platter Patented Claim 1714; Patented Claims 1714), Humboldt, Big Bug District, Prescott Quadrangle, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Iron King	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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