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Locality Name:
Castle Creek District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 31343
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31343.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castle Creek District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Abe Lincoln Mine (Cumbac Mine; Andrew Jackson Mine; Tom Jefferson Mine; Copper No. 2 Claim; Copper No. 1 Patented Claim)
Black Rock Deposit (Constellation District)
Buckhorn Creek
Castle Creek
Castle Creek Area
Castle Hot Springs
Castle Hot Springs - North Of
Castle Hot Springs - SE Of
Castle Hot Springs Area
Castle Hot Springs Chalcedony Occurrence
Copperopolis
Hot Springs Placers
Jones Mine
Unspecified Locality
Weatherby Beryl Mine

Latitude: 34°0'17"N
Longitude: 112°25'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.004722222222,-112.41777777778
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na O Pb S Si Ta U V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CoronaditeCorundumDescloiziteDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteFornaciteIraniteMalachiteMica
MiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePlancheitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SchoepiteStibniteTapioliteTourmaline

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beyerite  (*)
Bismite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Elbaite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemihedrite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namibite  (*)
Opal  (*)Plancheite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schoepite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3147659,147663,1476652734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11476533250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211476455509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2147663,14766511547
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)22147658,14767196
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31147662214
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311476621935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5147645,147652,147655,147662,14767127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11476634979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3147645,147662,1476655707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114764527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O7147645,147658,147662,147663,147665,147671,1476743531
Copper  (*)CopperCu11476623846
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1147678520
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22147645,1476629617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)114766385
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3147659,147663,14766524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11476717437
Gold  (*)CopperAu7147650,147656,147662,147667,147671,147674,14767530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36147660,147662,147663,147665,147671,14767414640
Hemihedrite  (*)IraniteZnPb10(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)2114766314
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161147652243
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21147663265
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23147645,147663,14767112537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO1147663202
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11476631107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41147663247
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)2147658,147671362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22147645,14767817380
Namibite  (*)NoneCu(BiO)2(VO4)(OH)2147658,14767124
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2147653,1476712994
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O3147663,147671,14767474
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114764539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23147646,147652,1476543106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26147652,147654,147657,147662,147663,14767161156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1147656712
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1147645598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11476524894
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)6114764594
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11476632705
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O6114765088
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO42147663,147671303


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120112Copperopolis, Castle Creek District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R120112
R100182Copperopolis, Castle Creek District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R100182

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