Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hackberry District, Aquarius Mts (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1679
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1554

mindat Locality ID: 31877
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31877.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hackberry District, Aquarius Mts (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Descent Mine
Hackberry
Hackberry Area
Hackberry South Mine
Hackberry Vicinity
Hester Mine
Peacock Peak

Latitude: 35°21'11"N
Longitude: 113°46'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.353055555556,-113.77027777778

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.

Arsenic	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*
Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite Mica None Pyrite
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite

13 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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1679	1554	1	141534	3092
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1679	1554	1	141530	1966
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1679	1554	1	141534	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1679	1554	1	141534	8173
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1679	1554	1	141527	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1679	1554	1	141534	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1679	1554	1	141534	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1679	1630	1	141534	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1679	1554	1	141528	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1679	1554	1	141534	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1679	1554	1	141534	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1679	1554	1	141534	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1679	1554	1	141534	5317

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000063	east of Cane Springs, on the road to Rare Metals Pegmatite
Jen_0000063a	east of Cane Springs, on the road to Rare Metals Pegmatite
Jen_0000063b	east of Cane Springs, on the road to Rare Metals Pegmatite
Jen_0000063c	7 miles west of Rare Metals Pegmatite

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Jen_0000063	1679	1630	1679-1630	K-Ar/Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	muscovite	A-31	Yes	Muscovite	19377	Rare Metals Mine (Waldren Mining Company Mine), Aquarius Mts (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Rare Metals Mine	Wasserburg and Lanphere (1965)	10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB76_735	age of emplacement of granitic rocks
Jen_0000063a	1593	1593	1593	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	microcline	A-32	Yes	Microcline	19377	Rare Metals Mine (Waldren Mining Company Mine), Aquarius Mts (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Rare Metals Mine	Wasserburg and Lanphere (1965)	10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB76_735	age of emplacement of granitic rocks
Jen_0000063b	1587	1587	1587	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	biotite	A-35	Yes		19377	Rare Metals Mine (Waldren Mining Company Mine), Aquarius Mts (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Rare Metals Mine	Wasserburg and Lanphere (1965)	10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB76_735	age of emplacement of granitic rocks
Jen_0000063c	1554	1554	1554	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	microcline	A-37	Yes	Microcline	19377	Rare Metals Mine (Waldren Mining Company Mine), Aquarius Mts (Aquarius Range; Peacock Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Rare Metals Mine	Wasserburg and Lanphere (1965)	10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2	GSAB76_735	age of emplacement of granitic rocks

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