Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1606
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1020

mindat Locality ID: 31210
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31210.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 72
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 70

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Atlanta Mine
Chloride
Chloride District - Western Edge
Merrimac Mine
Porter Mine
Redemption Mine (Ferguson Mine)
Rose Bud Mine

Latitude: 35°24'23"N
Longitude: 114°11'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.406388888889,-114.18694444444
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: Ag Al As Au Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Fe O Si Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumEpidoteFluoriteGadoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTridymite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1430102011421142793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS143010207142102,142117,142119,142126,142132,142155,1421589052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181606102004286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4143010205142096,142100,142131,142142,1421555516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1430102015142099,142100,142114,142119,142121,142124,142125,142126,142128,142131,142132,142146,142158,142164,14216627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)143010202142139,1421454979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S143010202142100,1421555707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21430102023142101,142105,142106,142109,142112,142114,142116,142119,142121,142123,142124,142126,142128,142131,142132,142136,142139,142142,142150,142153,142155,142158,14216627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl143010208142113,142114,142117,142140,142141,142162,142165,1421671382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS143010203142104,142122,1421522600
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1430102011421002970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)143010202142119,1421558173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21430102011421579617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2160610200163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1430102040142099,142100,142101,142105,142106,142109,142112,142114,142116,142117,142119,142120,142121,142123,142124,142125,142126,142127,142128,142129,142131,142132,142134,142135,142136,142137,142138,142139,142143,142146,142148,142149,142150,142151,142153,142155,142158,142159,142160,14216424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu143010208142102,142121,142130,142132,142139,142148,142155,14216430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314301020114214914640
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21430102016142099,142100,142114,142116,142121,142125,142128,142130,142131,142132,142139,142146,142148,142155,142164,1421665800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2143010205142119,142126,142132,142155,14215817380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]143010201142114249
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3143010204142114,142117,142132,142164733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31430102011421321425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21430102036142099,142100,142101,142102,142105,142106,142109,142112,142114,142116,142117,142119,142120,142121,142123,142124,142125,142126,142128,142131,142132,142134,142135,142137,142139,142142,142146,142148,142149,142150,142151,142153,142155,142158,142159,14216439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8143010203142126,142132,1421589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2143010208142114,142117,142119,142126,142132,142145,142155,14215861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg143010205142114,142128,142148,142155,1421645186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1430102034142099,142100,142101,142105,142106,142109,142112,142114,142116,142117,142119,142120,142121,142123,142124,142125,142126,142127,142128,142129,142131,142132,142135,142136,142137,142139,142148,142150,142153,142155,142158,142159,142160,14216421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31430102011421553418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131430102011421171803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13143010203142126,142132,1421585317
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2143010201142163458
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl143010201142155605


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000061west side of range near Chloride, Arizona
Jen_0000061awest side of range near Chloride, Arizona


6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000317143013501390±40K-Ar  UAKA-57-17    31210Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USAChloride Mining DistrictShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_00000318121011501180±30K-Ar  UAKA-57-18    31210Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USAChloride Mining DistrictShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_00000319122011401180±40K-Ar  UAKA-57-19    31210Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USAChloride Mining DistrictShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_00000320108010201050±30K-Ar  UAKA-57-20    31210Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USAChloride Mining DistrictShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Jen_0000061136013601360Rb-Srage of metamorphismbiotiteA-10    34407Chloride, Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USACerbat MtnsWasserburg and Lanphere (1965)10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2GSAB76_735 
Jen_0000061a160616061606Rb-Srage of intrusionmicroclineA-12A  Microcline  34407Chloride, Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USACerbat MtnsWasserburg and Lanphere (1965)10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2GSAB76_735intrusion of younger granite into older metamorphic terrain

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