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Locality Name:
Black Canyon, Bumble Bee, Black Canyon District, Wickenburg Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 274832
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274832.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Canyon, Bumble Bee, Black Canyon District, Wickenburg Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Howard Copper Mine (Howard Copper Company Property; Copper Schist Patented MS 3645 Claim)
Howard Silver Mine (Howard Silver Company Property; H S Tungsten Mine; Eclipse Mine; Patented Claims MS 3882)

Latitude: 34°13'10"N
Longitude: 112°12'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.219444444444,-112.20194444444
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: C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCorundumNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211491223092
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114912227198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114912324243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114912214640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4114912214899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114912239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114912361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211491225614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS114912321482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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