Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cunningham Pass District, Harcuvar Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 73.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 24.79

mindat Locality ID: 33425
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33425.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cunningham Pass District, Harcuvar Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Agard Mine
Apard Group
Black Diamond Mine
Bonanza & Evylin Mine Group (Bonanza Mine)
Breedon Prospect
Bullard Mine Group (Mohawk Mine; Columbia Mine; Columbus Group)
Centroid Mine Group (Centroid Mine; Centroid Consolidated Mine; Robinson Group; Harris Group; Copper Hill Mine; Desert Mine; Black Reef Mine)
Copper Bullion Mine
Copper State Mine (Copper Queen Mine; Buena Vista Mine)
Cuprite Mine Group (Wilkinson Group; Detroit Mine; Emerald Group; Little Giant Extension Mine)
Davis & Fleming Mine Groups (Davis Group)
Golden Star Mine Group (Golden Star Mine)
Harcuvar Copper Group
Kanjivo Mine
Knabe Mine
Little Giant Mine Groups (American Flag Group; Cash Entry Group; Vindicator Group)
Mountain Chief Mine
Red Hill Mine
Sarah Mine
Sterling No. 1 Claim
Torres Mine Group
Unnamed Ag-Au Mine
Unnamed Au-Cu-Ag Mine
Wenden
Wenden King Mine Group (Copper Basin Mine; Copperopolis Mine; Iron Cap Group)
Wenden Mine Group

Latitude: 33°56'30"N
Longitude: 113°34'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.941666666667,-113.57777777778

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	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O P S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Spinel

18 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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	73.2	24.79	5	140292,140297,140303,140308,140313	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	73.2	24.79	4	140292,140294,140303,140315	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	73.2	24.79	1	140293	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	73.2	24.79	3	140303,140308,140315	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	73.2	24.79	5	140290,140294,140297,140300,140313	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	73.2	24.79	8	140290,140292,140294,140297,140300,140303,140313,140315	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	73.2	24.79	2	140294,140313	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	73.2	24.79	1	140313	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	73.2	24.79	3	140294,140303,140313	2970
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	73.2	24.79	1	140293	300
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	73.2	24.79	9	140291,140294,140297,140298,140299,140303,140313,140314,140315	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	73.2	24.79	1	140313	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	73.2	24.79	1	140313	12537
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	73.2	24.79	1	140313	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	73.2	24.79	1	140313	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	73.2	24.79	1	140313	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	73.2	24.79	1	140291	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	73.2	24.79	3	140294,140297,140315	6417

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000353	73.2	67.4	70.3±2.9	K-Ar	Age records metamorphic event which predates mylonitization	S JR-HV 78-1	Yes	33613	Harcuvar Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Harcuvar Mts.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
Giersdorf_00000373	52.1	49.9	51±1.1	K-Ar		UAKA-77-65	Yes	33613	Harcuvar Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Harcuvar Mts.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
Giersdorf_00000392	25.87	24.79	25.33±0.54	K-Ar		UAKA-75-107		33425	Cunningham Pass District, Harcuvar Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Cunningham Pass	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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