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Locality Name:
Eagle Tail District, Eagletail Mts (Cemetary Ridge), La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 53.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 19.4

mindat Locality ID: 33439
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33439.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eagle Tail District, Eagletail Mts (Cemetary Ridge), La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Actinolite Prospects (Actinolite Asbestos Prospect)
Adams Prospect
Black Buck & Buckhorn Mine
Black Hawk Mine
Collins Prospect (Old Collins Prospect; Cemetary Ridge Prospects)
Deadman Tank Area
Eagle Tail Group (Golden State Mine)
Gentry Lead-Silver Mine
Livingston Claims
Red Bird Prospect

Latitude: 33°23'10"N
Longitude: 113°25'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.386111111111,-113.42138888889

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMalachite
NoneQuartzRutileScheeliteSpinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cuprotungstite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Stolzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)253.951.72140145,1401503419
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)53.951.7114015111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)53.951.7114015127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS253.951.7114014927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O53.951.711401493531
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)253.951.7114015367
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)53.951.711401498173
Gold  (*)CopperAu53.951.7114014630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O353.951.7114014614640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O453.951.72140145,14014914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)253.951.7114014912537
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO253.951.72140147,1401483106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO253.951.72140147,14014861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)53.951.711401534894
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)53.951.71140153156



4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_0000037153.951.752.8±1.1K-Ar  UAKA-73-125    33439Eagle Tail District, Eagletail Mts (Cemetary Ridge), La Paz Co., Arizona, USAEagle Tail Mts. Quad.Shafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_0000039624.42323.7±0.7K-Ar  UAKA-72-73    33439Eagle Tail District, Eagletail Mts (Cemetary Ridge), La Paz Co., Arizona, USAEagle Tail MountainsShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_0000040721.4320.3720.9±0.53K-Ar  UAKA-73-107    33439Eagle Tail District, Eagletail Mts (Cemetary Ridge), La Paz Co., Arizona, USAEagle Tail MountainsShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_0000041720.5619.419.98±0.58K-Ar  UAKA-72-72    33439Eagle Tail District, Eagletail Mts (Cemetary Ridge), La Paz Co., Arizona, USAEagle Tail MountainsShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 


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