Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
White Tank Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20.11
Youngest recorded age at locality: 19.05

mindat Locality ID: 31981
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31981.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Tank Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Caterpillar Tractor Testing Grounds
Lucky Lode Prospect (Luck Lode Prospect; White Tank Mountains Prospect)
Vermiculite Mine (Solomon Mine)
White Tank Mountains District

Latitude: 33°27'25"N
Longitude: 112°34'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.456944444444,-112.57416666667

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Fluorite	Mica	None	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Titanite
Zircon

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 Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Nb O S Si Ta Th Ti U V Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O V Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Fluorite Mica None Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Titanite
Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wakefieldite-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	20.11	19.05	1	141464	27198
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	20.11	19.05	1	141463	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	20.11	19.05	1	141464	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	20.11	19.05	1	141464	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	20.11	19.05	2	141464,141467	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	20.11	19.05	1	141467	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	20.11	19.05	1	141463	17380
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	20.11	19.05	1	141464	4899
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	20.11	19.05	1	141465	652
Wakefieldite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	YVO₄	20.11	19.05	0		7
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	20.11	19.05	1	141463	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000420	20.11	19.05	19.58±0.53	K-Ar				UAKA-73-14						31981	White Tank Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA	White Tank Mountains	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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