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Locality Name:
Ellsworth District, Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 42.8

mindat Locality ID: 33460
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33460.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ellsworth District, Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 116
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 109

Number of Child Localities: 104
Child Localities:
Abbot Mine
Ace Mine (Pacho ?)
Aeroplane Mine
Alto Mine
Argenta Mine
BB Group
Bell Crown Mine
Berdie-Lee Claims
Bettle No. 1 Mine
Betty No. 2 Claim
Big Dike Copper Mine
Big Dyke Copper Prospect
Black Cat & Minnezona Mines (CJ International Ventures; Inc.)
Black Hawk; Iron Dike And King Groups
Blue Streak Mine
Brenda Lee Mine
Bunker Prospect
Calcite Mine
Calcite Prospect
Cobralla Prospect
Cobrita Pay Streak Prospect (Pay Streak Fraction)
Cobrita Verde Mine (Cobrita Mine)
Colorado Mine
Copper Bell Group
Copper Chief Mine
Copper Gem Group
Copper King And Copper Queen Mine
Copper Whopper Group
Crackejack No. 2 Mine
Cupa De Oro Prospect
Dandy Mine Group (Starr Mine; Starr And Dandy Mines; Blue Bird Mine; Golden Mine)
Desert Mine (Golden Mound Mine; Gold Eagle Mine; Winchester Mine)
Doland Mine
Dona Kay Mine
Ellis Mine
Ellsworth King Mine
General Grant Mine
Glory Hole Mine (Arizona Northern Mine; Salome Strike Mine)
Gold Bell Mine
Gold Copper Mine
Gold Dollar Mine
Gold Dyke Nos. 1 And 2
Golden Jackpot Prospect
Golden Maid Mine
Golden Slipper Mine
Goldie Mine
Granite Wash
Granite Wash Mountains Placers (Desert Mine Placers; Yellow Bird Mine Placers; Yellow Bird Prospect; Dutch Henry)
Green Hill Mine
Hall Mine
Halls Barium Mine
Harcuvar
Harcuvar Peak
Hawkeye Mine
Hope Pumice Deposit
Howard Property
Jacky Mine (Canon Mine; Cindy Jo Mine)
Jewel Anne Mine Group (Jewel Ann Group)
Joker Mine
Judge Mine
Kate Waters Mine (Kay Waters Mine)
Knob Hill Mine
Last Chance Mine
Lizzie No. 1 Mine (Clipper No. 1 Mine)
Lone Granite Hill Group
Lucky No. 1 Prospect
Maud Mine
McVay Mining Co. Property
Nabob Mine
Noralie Mine
O.K. Mine (OK Mine)
Odin Mine
One Group
Orezona Mine
Oro Claim
Oro Fino And Mineral Hill Mine
Oro Grande Mine
Oskoloosa Mine
Peacock Mine
Pee Wee Mine Group
Ranger And March Mine
Red Rock Mine
Richards And Ellis Claim
Saguaro Prospect
Salome Peak
Silver Eagle Mine (B And E Mine)
Squaw T Mine
Sulfa Group (Saffire Group)
Three Musketeers Mine
Trioni Group
True Blue Mine (True Blue Mine Group; Golden Orbit Mine; Ballif Mine)
Turtle Mine
Unity Mine
Unnamed Au-Ag Mine
Unnamed Au-Ag-Cu Mine
Unnamed Cu-Au Mine
Unnamed Cu-Au-Ag Mine
Vesurino Mine
Vicksburg
WJB Mine
Wonder Mine
Woopee Mine
Yuma Copper Mine (Yuma Copper Property)
Yuma Mine (Yuma Liberator Mine; Liberator Mine; T&A Mine)

Latitude: 33°48'55"N
Longitude: 113°43'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.815277777778,-113.72611111111

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFornaciteMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTetradymiteWollastonite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fornacite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kettnerite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
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)270.153.811402783419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)70.153.811402798803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO570.153.82140256,1402571310
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O670.153.811402792060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)270.153.811402795509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)70.153.83140181,140215,14022611547
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O370.153.82140261,140274214
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S370.153.811402611935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)70.153.81140261716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS470.153.83140183,140184,1402795516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)70.153.86140170,140182,140196,140198,140261,14027927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)70.153.811401984979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S70.153.83140184,140196,1402795707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS270.153.84140183,140184,140202,14027927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O70.153.83140196,140198,1402793531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS70.153.811402794165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O70.153.82140196,1402792970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)270.153.82140198,1402619895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)70.153.82140261,1402798173
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)70.153.8114019885
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS70.153.82140168,14020224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)70.153.811401987437
Gold  (*)CopperAu70.153.89140168,140196,140198,140202,140213,140237,140243,140261,14027930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O370.153.82140184,14027914640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)670.153.811401982228
Kettnerite  (*)BismutiteCaBiO(CO3)F70.153.8114026146
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO470.153.84140182,140212,140257,1402601507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O470.153.83140184,140278,14027914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)270.153.83140184,140196,14027912537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl70.153.811401981107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)270.153.82140187,14026117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS270.153.82140182,14027939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO270.153.82140198,14026161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)70.153.87140187,140214,140226,140236,140248,140259,1402614894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)70.153.85140170,140202,140221,140226,1402796417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS70.153.8114024821482
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe70.153.81140272190
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S70.153.82140272,140273510
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO470.153.81140248303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO370.153.82140184,1402551247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO470.153.83140196,140198,1402611655



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_0000035668.565.767.1±1.4K-Arage records cooling after a metamorphic event UAKA-77-64 Yes  33608Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USAGranite Wash Mts.Shafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_0000035870.162.966.5±3.6K-Ar  UAKA-66-03 Yes  33608Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USAGranite Wash PassShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_0000036856.253.855±1.2K-ArAge reflects a tertiary cooling history in the Granite Wash Mts. UAKA-77-63 Yes  33608Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USAGranite Wash Mts.Shafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_0000037945.442.844.1±1.3K-ArAge of cooling of the undeformed biotite-granite HVR-2    33460Ellsworth District, Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USATank PassShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 


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