Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Buzzard's Roost, Copperopolis, Castle Creek District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 274914
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274914.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buzzard's Roost, Copperopolis, Castle Creek District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Swallow Mine (Moonlight Mine; Dobler Mine; Whim Vein; Golden Wonder Shaft)

Latitude: 34°3'24"N
Longitude: 112°30'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.056666666667,-112.50805555556

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteCopperCorundumFluoriteNoneQuartzStibnite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31147662214
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311476621935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)114766227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11476625707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11476623531
Copper  (*)CopperCu11476623846
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211476629617
Gold  (*)CopperAu114766230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3114766214640
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114766261156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...