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Locality Name:
Monarch Wash Area, Black Rock District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 114
Youngest recorded age at locality: 108

mindat Locality ID: 302765
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302765.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monarch Wash Area, Black Rock District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Apache Claims (Apache Claims 1; Silverton Claims; Apache Gold Claims)
Grandview Mine
Great Southern Mine (Kilroy Mine; Hogan Mine [Hogan Claim ?]; Rattler Group; Great Eastern Claim)
Monarch Mine (Three Black Buttes Mine; Ryland Mine; Jumbo Group; Jumbo Copper Mine; Monark Mine)
Purple Passion Mine (Diamond Joe Mine; Cuprite Mine)
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 33°59'49"N
Longitude: 112°36'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.996944444444,-112.60055555556

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Fluorite
Kaolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sulphur

27 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	114	108	2	147466,147468	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	114	108	1	147468	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	114	108	1	147467	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	114	108	1	147468	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	114	108	1	147467	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	114	108	3	147466,147467,147468	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	114	108	2	147466,147468	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	114	108	1	147466	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	114	108	1	147467	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	114	108	1	147467	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	114	108	1	147468	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	114	108	1	147467	3846
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	114	108	4	147466,147467,147468,147469	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	114	108	3	147465,147466,147468	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	114	108	3	147465,147467,147468	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	114	108	3	147466,147467,147468	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	114	108	1	147468	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	114	108	1	147468	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	114	108	1	147467	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	114	108	1	147468	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	114	108	1	147467	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	114	108	2	147467,147468	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	114	108	2	147467,147468	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	114	108	1	147468	2473
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	114	108	1	147468	2045
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	114	108	2	147466,147468	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	114	108	3	147466,147468,147469	1655

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
	Giersdorf_00000347	114	108	111±3	K-Ar	K-Ar age partially reset by some magmatic event			UAKA-72-25		Yes				46724	Constellation, Black Rock District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Constellation mining district	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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