Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blue Bell Mine, Mystery Hill Mine Group, Swansea, Santa Maria District (Planet District; Swansea District; Bill Williams District), Buckskin Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 30
Youngest recorded age at locality: 21.3

mindat Locality ID: 33269
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33269.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Bell Mine, Mystery Hill Mine Group, Swansea, Santa Maria District (Planet District; Swansea District; Bill Williams District), Buckskin Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	None

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 C Ca F Fe H O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Clinozoisite Epidote Fluorite Gypsum None

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Cerussite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	30	21.3	4979
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	30	21.3	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	30	21.3	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	30	21.3	6890

2 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
	Jen_0000035	21.5	21.3	21.5-21.3	U-Pb	crystallization age		zircon			Yes	Zircon	Baryte, Calcite, Chrysocolla, Hematite		253018	Swansea, Santa Maria District (Planet District; Swansea District; Bill Williams District), Buckskin Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Swansea Plutonic Suite	Evenson et al. (2014)	10.2475/10.2014.01	AJS314_1373
	Jen_0000035a	30	26	30-26	Ar-Ar	cooling age		hornblende			Yes		Baryte, Calcite, Chrysocolla, Hematite		253018	Swansea, Santa Maria District (Planet District; Swansea District; Bill Williams District), Buckskin Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Swansea Plutonic Suite	Evenson et al. (2014)	10.2475/10.2014.01	AJS314_1373	age dates may be affected by access argon

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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