Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Big Bug Creek, Mayer, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1207

mindat Locality ID: 275776
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275776.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Big Bug Creek, Mayer, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yavapai Onyx Mining Corp. Quarries

Latitude: 34°24'7"N
Longitude: 112°13'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.401944444444,-112.21888888889

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.

Calcite	None

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 O

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite None

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1630	1207	1	147554	27770

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000049	Alder (later renamed Big Bug) Group
Jen_0000050	Alder (later renamed Big Bug) Group
Jen_0000052	Alder (later renamed Big Bug) Group

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Jen_0000049	1630	1530	1580±50	Sr-Sr/Rb-Sr	age of post-tectonic plutonic rocks	whole rock	275776	Big Bug Creek, Mayer, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Locality D	Lanphere (1968)	10.1139/e68-074	CJES5_757	minimum age for accumulation and deformation of the Yavapai Series in this area.
Jen_0000050	1413	1207	1310±103	Sr-Sr/Rb-Sr	age of post-tectonic plutonic rocks	whole rock	275776	Big Bug Creek, Mayer, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Locality E	Lanphere (1968)	10.1139/e68-074	CJES5_757	minimum age for accumulation and deformation of the Yavapai Series in this area.
Jen_0000052	1605	1445	1525±80	Sr-Sr/Rb-Sr	age of post-tectonic plutonic rocks	whole rock	275776	Big Bug Creek, Mayer, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Locality C	Lanphere (1968)	10.1139/e68-074	CJES5_757	minimum age for accumulation and deformation of the Yavapai Series in this area.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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