Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Three Musketeers Mine, Ellsworth District, Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 53.8

mindat Locality ID: 27594
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27594.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Three Musketeers Mine, Ellsworth District, Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°50'35"N
Longitude: 113°46'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.843055555556,-113.77305555556

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.

Bismutite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Mica	None	Quartz	Scheelite
Stibnite

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 F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bismutite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Mica None Quartz Scheelite
Stibnite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Bismite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Kettnerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	70.1	53.8	214
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	70.1	53.8	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	70.1	53.8	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	70.1	53.8	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	70.1	53.8	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	70.1	53.8	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	70.1	53.8	30554
Kettnerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBiO(CO₃)F	70.1	53.8	46
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	70.1	53.8	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70.1	53.8	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	70.1	53.8	4894
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	70.1	53.8	1655

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000356	68.5	65.7	67.1±1.4	K-Ar	age records cooling after a metamorphic event	UAKA-77-64	Yes	33608	Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Granite Wash Mts.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
Giersdorf_00000358	70.1	62.9	66.5±3.6	K-Ar		UAKA-66-03	Yes	33608	Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Granite Wash Pass	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
Giersdorf_00000368	56.2	53.8	55±1.2	K-Ar	Age reflects a tertiary cooling history in the Granite Wash Mts.	UAKA-77-63	Yes	33608	Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Granite Wash Mts.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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