Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oatman District (San Francisco District; Union Pass District), Black Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31300
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31300.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oatman District (San Francisco District; Union Pass District), Black Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 308
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 263

Number of Child Localities: 122
Child Localities:
Adams Mine (Katherine Midway Mine)
Apex Pioneer Mine
Arch No. 1
Arizona Straight Mine
Arizona Wonder Mine
Arroyo Mine
B & L Group
Baltis Claim
Banner Property
Bendigo Group (K & W Group)
Bennett Group
Bercuse Group
Big Five Group
Black Range Extension Mine
Blue Grass Belle Group
Bonanza Property (Bonanza Prospect)
Boundary Cone
Boundary Cone Mine (Eagle Group; Yellow Eagle Mine; Great Eastern Mine; Surprise West Extension Mine)
Brooks Majorie Group (Brooks Group; Marjorie Group)
Butte Group (Little Butte Group; Contact Group)
Caledonia Mine
Carter Group
Chicago Syndicate Mine (Chicago Mine)
Clariss Property
Coldcross Mine
Colorado Group
Comet Mine (North Star Group; Oatman North Star Mine)
Cool Springs (Ed's Camp)
Crater Oatman Mine
Crossall Group
Dandanells Group
Dawn Girl Group
Dayton Mine
Deyling Group
Divide Fraction Mine
Earl Group
Empire Group
Federal Development Mine
Federal Reserve Mine
Florence Group
Free Ore Group
Gold Belt Group
Gold Cliff Mine (Gold Cliff Central Mine)
Gold Coin Group (Minneapolis Group)
Gold Dust Vein (Victor-Virgin Vein)
Gold Hill Mine
Gold Trail Mine (Gold Trail Mining Co. Mine)
Golden Age Property
Golden Reef Group
Goldstone Mine
Great West Mine
Handy Mine (Yellow Eagle No. 1 Mine)
Hardy Mine (Hardy Vein; Miller Mine; Parsons Mine; Keynote Mine)
Hartman Group
Heck Group No. 2
Helen Group
Henry Ford Group
Hilltop Mine (Hilltop Fraction; Alamo Group; Mary Coloma Mine)
Independence Mine
Jacobine Group
Key Fraction Mine
Klondyke Mine
Knickenbocker Mine
Krauss Mine (Golden Era Mine)
Leopard Spot Gold Mine (Albion Claim)
Lexington Arizona Mine (Andy Mine; Big Johnnie Shaft; Alice Claim; Big Andy Mine)
Little Jap Property
Load N
Lopez Riverview Mine
Lotus Mine
Lucky Cuss Mine
Mag Group (Mag Claims)
Mandalay Property
Mazona Mine
Moss Extension Mine
Moss Parallel Mine (Dickey Group)
Moss Wash Group (October Moss No. 1; Iron Moss Group)
Mount Perkins
National Group
Navy Group Prospects
Oatman
Oatman - NW Of
Oatman Area
Oatman Champion Mine
Oatman Extension Mine
Oatman Fire Agate Claims (Cuesta Claims)
Oatman Half Moon Mining Co. Mine (Half Moon No. 3)
Oatman Imperial Mines Co. Mine (Oatman Imperial No. 2; Sunrise Mine)
Oatman Nora Mine
Oatman Northwestern Mine
Oatman Rand Mine
Oatman Venture Mine (Oatman Mine)
Oofty Goofty Mine
Panama Group (Panama No. 2)
Paramount Mine (Yellow Aster No. 1 Claim)
Platora Group
Plutus MIne
Pocahontas Mine
Quackenbush Mine
Quail Property (Quail Prospect)
R.A.M. Mine
Red Lion Mine (Sasse & Brotmerton Mine)
Rose Prospect
San Fancisco Mine
San Francisco District
Sheeptrail-Boulevard Mine (Sheeptrail Mine; Boulevard Mine; Minnie Mine)
Silent Sam Group
Silver Creek Area
Smokey Group
South Pilgrim Mine (South Pilgrim Mining Company Prospect)
Spider Group
Submarine Group
Train Vein (Marion Derrick Mine)
Union Pass District (Katherine District)
United Eastern Extension Mine (Yellow Leader Group; Rice Bird Mine)
United Northern Mine
United Southern Mine (Last Chance Mine)
Unnamed Au Occurrence
Vinces Mine
Virginia District
Whitehouse Group (Whitehouse Claims; Martine Brucite Mine; Martin Claims; Mag Group)
Wilsonia Group

Latitude: 35°3'52"N
Longitude: 114°24'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.064444444444,-114.41555555556

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Minium	Mordenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Thomsonite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Minium ()*	Mordenite ()*	Opal ()*
Periclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Minium Mordenite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Thomsonite Wurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	141854	3419
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	3	141737,141864,141969	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	30	141710,141718,141737,141746,141801,141812,141832,141838,141844,141854,141856,141860,141861,141892,141900,141904,141907,141910,141912,141914,141917,141922,141935,141938,141941,141946,141951,141954,141956,141969	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	141788,141907,141915,141941	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	141788,141854,141907,141915,141917	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	141727	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	141907,141915	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	141737,141969	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	141917	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	21	141685,141697,141718,141728,141746,141771,141784,141812,141853,141860,141882,141890,141900,141907,141910,141912,141917,141925,141944,141956,141958	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	47	141710,141718,141727,141760,141771,141787,141788,141801,141831,141832,141838,141840,141844,141853,141854,141856,141860,141861,141889,141896,141900,141901,141903,141904,141907,141910,141912,141915,141916,141917,141918,141919,141920,141921,141922,141931,141935,141938,141941,141946,141949,141951,141953,141958,141966,141967,141968	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	141854,141860,141917	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	11	141752,141760,141838,141860,141889,141907,141917,141941,141944,141946,141958	14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	4	141685,141697,141728,141882	180
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	141860,141941	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	5	141737,141742,141832,141864,141969	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	141907	5674
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1	141854	247
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	141955	405
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	141955	2994
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	141864	114
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	141787,141860,141907,141912,141915,141916,141918,141921,141968	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	141860	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	141692,141718,141787,141792,141812,141869,141890,141900,141907,141912,141925,141938,141941,141944,141956,141966	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	141931	21482
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	141866	452
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	4	141831,141854,141907,141915	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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