Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Laguna District (Las Flores District), Laguna Mts (San Pablo Mts), Yuma Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 31.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 29.1

mindat Locality ID: 33531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laguna District (Las Flores District), Laguna Mts (San Pablo Mts), Yuma Co., Arizona, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ayerszona Mine (Edna Bell Mine)
Laguna Dam Placers & Prospects (Laguna Placers)
Las Flores Placers
U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds
Unnamed Zeolite Occurrence
Valra Group
Victory No. 2 Mine

Latitude: 32°49'21"N
Longitude: 114°25'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.8225,-114.42333333333

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.

Calcite	Clay	Copper	Gypsum	Mica	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 Au C Ca Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Copper Gypsum Mica None

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Muscovite ()*	Siderite ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	31.1	29.1	1	149432	27770
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	31.1	29.1	8	149427,149428,149430,149431,149432,149433,149434,149435	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	31.1	29.1	5	149430,149431,149432,149433,149434	6890
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	31.1	29.1	3	149431,149432,149433	17380
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	31.1	29.1	5	149430,149431,149432,149433,149434	6417

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_00000383	31.1	29.1	30.1±1.0	K-Ar				UAKA-65-04						33531	Laguna District (Las Flores District), Laguna Mts (San Pablo Mts), Yuma Co., Arizona, USA	Laguna Mountains Quad.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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