Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Black Mesa, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 80.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65.7

mindat Locality ID: 278003
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278003.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Mesa, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Black Mesa Mine (Black Mesa Breccia Pipe)

Latitude: 34°35'32"N
Longitude: 113°13'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.592222222222,-113.21666666667

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.

Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

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: Cu Fe H Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Antlerite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	80.3	65.7	1	148320	246
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	80.3	65.7	1	148320	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	80.3	65.7	1	148320	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	80.3	65.7	1	148320	27198
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	80.3	65.7	1	148320	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	80.3	65.7	1	148320	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	80.3	65.7	1	148320	61156

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
	NAVDAT-29973	80.3	65.7	73±7.3					29973						61233	Black Mesa Mine (Black Mesa Breccia Pipe), Black Mesa, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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