Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Black Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 31321
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31321.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 326
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 273

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
El Dorado Pass District
Gold Hill District
Mocking Bird Mine
Mount Perkins
Oatman District (San Francisco District; Union Pass District)
Pilgrim District
Pilgrim Mine (Katherine Treasure Vault Pilgrim Mine; Al Smith Mine; Pioneer Gold Mining Co. Mine)
Senator Mountain

Latitude: 35°31'45"N
Longitude: 114°25'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.529166666667,-114.425

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	Apatite	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 ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Minium ()*	Mordenite ()*	Opal ()*	Periclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Vanadinite ()*
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 Hg I K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

31 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	4	141662,141737,141864,141969	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	32	141710,141718,141737,141746,141801,141812,141832,141838,141844,141854,141856,141860,141861,141892,141900,141904,141907,141910,141912,141914,141917,141922,141935,141938,141941,141946,141951,141954,141956,141969,141973,141974	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
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	141976	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	141737,141969	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	141917	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	22	141662,141685,141697,141718,141728,141746,141771,141784,141812,141853,141860,141882,141890,141900,141907,141910,141912,141917,141925,141944,141956,141958	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	141653	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	54	141653,141654,141658,141661,141662,141710,141718,141727,141760,141771,141787,141788,141801,141831,141832,141838,141840,141844,141853,141854,141856,141860,141861,141889,141896,141900,141901,141903,141904,141907,141910,141912,141915,141916,141917,141918,141919,141920,141921,141922,141931,141935,141938,141941,141946,141949,141951,141953,141958,141966,141967,141968,141973,141974	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	141976	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	141854,141860,141917	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	12	141658,141752,141760,141838,141860,141889,141907,141917,141941,141944,141946,141958	14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	4	141685,141697,141728,141882	180
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	141860,141941	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	6	141662,141737,141742,141832,141864,141969	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	10	141653,141787,141860,141907,141912,141915,141916,141918,141921,141968	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	141860	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	19	141658,141662,141692,141718,141787,141792,141812,141869,141890,141900,141907,141912,141925,141938,141941,141944,141956,141966,141974	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	141931	21482
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	141866	452
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	141653	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	4	141831,141854,141907,141915	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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