Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cienega District, Buckskin Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 17.11
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15.21

mindat Locality ID: 31163
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31163.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cienega District, Buckskin Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 55
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 40
Child Localities:
Arizona McGinnis Mine (Copper Queen Mine)
Billy Mack Mountain
BK Claims
Black Crow Claim
Black Metal Copper Mine
Black Mountain Mine
Black Peak Pumice Occurrence
Blue Cloud Copper Company Property
Brown Mountain Mine
Capilano Mine
Carnation Mine (Gray Eagle Mine; Grey Eagle Mine; Empire Mine)
Clay King Mine
Did-It-Right Mine
Eagle Nest Mine
Gibraltar Mountain
Gier Mine
Highline Hematite Deposit
Johnson And Bunch Mine (Apache Mine)
Juanita Mine
Lion Hill Mine Group (Glory Group; Rico Mine)
Lucky 1 And 2 Mine
M And Z Mine
Marvis Prospect
Mayday Mine
Mineral Wash Clinoptilolite Deposit
Mohave Chief & Norma Prospect
Nellie Mine
Ohio Giant Mine
Osborne Well
Pittsburg Mine
Red Metal Mine
Rio Vista Northside Mine (Rio Vista Mine; North Side Mine)
Rio Vista Southside Mine (Quartz King Mine; Copper Top Mine)
Sue Mine (Sue Manganese Mine)
Sure Shot Claim
Unnamed Au-Ag Mine
Unnamed Au-Ag-Cu Mine
Unnamed Cu-Au Mine
Unnamed Cu-Au-Ag Mine
Unnamed Pumice Deposit

Latitude: 34°11'1"N
Longitude: 114°7'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.183611111111,-114.11722222222

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Fluorite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Quartz

15 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	17.11	15.21	2	139912,139933	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	17.11	15.21	1	139948	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	17.11	15.21	1	139941	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	17.11	15.21	1	139929	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	17.11	15.21	2	139935,139948	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	17.11	15.21	2	139933,139941	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	17.11	15.21	9	139900,139902,139911,139912,139922,139929,139937,139946,139948	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	17.11	15.21	1	139900	2970
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	17.11	15.21	1	139933	164
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	17.11	15.21	1	139917	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	17.11	15.21	5	139902,139911,139922,139946,139947	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	17.11	15.21	13	139902,139903,139911,139912,139922,139929,139933,139935,139937,139941,139946,139947,139948	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	17.11	15.21	9	139900,139902,139911,139912,139922,139933,139937,139946,139948	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	17.11	15.21	1	139947	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	17.11	15.21	1	139912	6417

2 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_00000442	17.11	15.21	16.16±0.95	K-Ar				UAKA-68-06						31163	Cienega District, Buckskin Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Parker	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201
	Giersdorf_00000443	16.89	15.39	16.14±0.75	K-Ar				UAKA-68-07						31163	Cienega District, Buckskin Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Parker	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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