Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Date Creek Basin, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 277007
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277007.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Date Creek Basin, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Anderson Mine (Date Creek Project; U-V Mine; Uranium-Air Mine)

Latitude: 34°18'28"N
Longitude: 113°16'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.307777777778,-113.27472222222

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: Ca H K O S Si Sr U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteGypsumNoneQuartz

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Carnotite  (*)Celestine  (*)Gypsum  (*)Quartz  (*)Weeksite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11482161184
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11482161252
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11482166890
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114821661156
Weeksite  (*)None(K)2(UO2)2(Si5O13)·4H2O114821642



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070647Anderson Mine (Date Creek Project; U-V Mine; Uranium-Air Mine), Date Creek Basin, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070647
R050330Anderson Mine (Date Creek Project; U-V Mine; Uranium-Air Mine), Date Creek Basin, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050330


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