Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hualpai Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1369
Youngest recorded age at locality: 937

mindat Locality ID: 293671
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293671.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hualpai Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts - NE Part

Latitude: 35°1'59"N
Longitude: 113°50'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.033055555556,-113.84944444444

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.

Clay	None	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Fe H Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay None Smectite-vermiculite

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Vermiculite ()*

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
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1369	937	1	142747	652

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000064	west of Big Sandy Wash
Jen_0000064a	west of Big Sandy Wash
Jen_0000064b	west of Big Sandy Wash
Jen_0000121	biotite granite

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Jen_0000064	1369	1369	1369	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	microcline	A-38	Microcline	293671	Hualpai Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Hualpai Mtns	Wasserburg and Lanphere (1965)	10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB76_735	intrusion of younger granite into older metamorphic terrain
Jen_0000064a	1128	1128	1128	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	microcline	A-39	Microcline	293671	Hualpai Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Hualpai Mtns	Wasserburg and Lanphere (1965)	10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB76_735	intrusion of younger granite into older metamorphic terrain
Jen_0000064b	937	937	937	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	A-40		293671	Hualpai Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Hualpai Mtns	Wasserburg and Lanphere (1965)	10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB76_735	intrusion of younger granite into older metamorphic terrain
Jen_0000121	1367.069	1366.931	1367±0.069	Rb-Sr					293671	Hualpai Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Hualapi Biotite Granite, Arizona	Anderson (1983)	10.1130/MEM161-p133	GSAM161_133	anorogenic

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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