Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pikes Peak District, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 96.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 92.7

mindat Locality ID: 275748
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275748.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pikes Peak District, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Baldy Mountain
Garfias Mountain
Keystone Nos. 1-4
Pikes Peak Prospect (Pikes Peak Claims; Bessemer Mine; Iron Age Mine; Pig Iron Mine)
Question Lode - Gunbolt Prospect

Latitude: 33°50'40"N
Longitude: 112°22'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.844444444444,-112.38166666667

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	None	Pyrite	Rutile	Scheelite
Spinel

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: Au C Cl Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Copper Corundum Descloizite Diaspore None Pyrite Rutile Scheelite
Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Descloizite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Siderite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	96.7	92.7	1	141253	378
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	141257	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	96.7	92.7	1	141253	30554
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			1	141257	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	141257	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	141257	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	141257	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	141257,141258	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	141257	3106
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	96.7	92.7	1	141253	6417
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	96.7	92.7	1	141253	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	96.7	92.7	1	141253	1655

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
	Giersdorf_00000349	96.7	92.7	94.7±2	K-Ar	K-Ar age possibly reset by magmatic event			UAKA-76-114						52803	Prince Of Arizona Mine (Prince Mine; Democrat Mine; Heath-Cummings Lease; Charlotte Group-lode; Triphahn Mine; Plummer Lode; Commonwealth Mine; Snow White Mine), Baldy Mountain, Pikes Peak District, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA	Baldy Mt. Quad.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201	Diorite intrudes into Precambrian schist

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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