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Locality Name:
Cherry Creek District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 31142
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31142.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cherry Creek District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Arizona Comstock Mine (Radio Mine)
Carbonate Chief Prospect
Cherry
Cherry Creek Canyon Area
Esmeralda Claim
Etta Mine (Etta Patent MS 833)
Garford Mine (Garford Claim)
Gold Ring Mine
Hackberry Wash Area
Hercules Mine
Hiawatha Mine
Inspiration Mine
Monarch Mine Area (Mocking Bird Mine Area)
Parole Prospect
Pfau Mine (Pfau Extension Mine)
Rustic Mine
Sarah Jane Mine
Silver Streak Mine
St. Patrick Claim

Latitude: 34°35'22"N
Longitude: 112°1'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.589444444444,-112.02944444444
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 As Au B Bi Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H Mo Na O P Pb S Si V W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Bi Ce Cu Fe H Na O P S Si Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMixiteMolybdeniteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTourmaline

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Petersite-(Ce)  (*)Petersite-(Y)  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27147368,147375,147377,147379,147381,147384,14738527198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11473848173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5147375,147379,147384,147385,14738724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu27147365,147368,147369,147370,147371,147372,147373,147374,147375,147376,147377,147379,147381,147382,147384,147385,147386,147389,147392,147393,147394,147395,147397,147398,147399,147407,14740930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34147375,147379,147381,14738414640
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O0168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211473695800
Petersite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCu6Ce(PO4)3(OH)6·3H2O01
Petersite-(Y)  (*)MixiteCu6Y(PO4)3(OH)6·3H2O08
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214147370,147372,147373,147375,147376,147377,147379,147381,147382,147385,147386,147387,147389,14739739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27147368,147369,147375,147381,147384,147387,14740361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11473794894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS114738521482
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1147387605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411473871655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050541Cherry Creek District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050541

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