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Locality Name:
Devils Wash District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 276560
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276560.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Devils Wash District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Devils Canyon Prospect
Midwest Mine (Lead Moly Group; Shannon Basin Moly Mine; Moly Mine)
Wikieup Prospect

Latitude: 34°37'39"N
Longitude: 113°38'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.6275,-113.63861111111
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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411425325516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11425325707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114253227198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11425328173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1142532345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114253124243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4114253214899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211425325800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114253217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114253239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114253261156
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411425311655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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