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Locality Name:
La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 33540
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33540.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Paz District (Weaver District), Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Apache Mine (Ah-ve-Aha Mine)
Bauer Uranium Claim
Bee Hive Prospect
Beggs Claims
Bowyer Claim
Boyles Kyanite
Copperstone Mine (Copperstone Open Pit; Continental Silver Claim Group; Copperstone Underground Mine)
Ehrenberg
Golden Giant Group
Green Glory Mine
La Angora Mine
La Paz
La Paz Placers
Metate & Confusion Mine Groups
Middle Camp Mountain
Moon Mountain
Roy T. Bowyer Mine
Shamrock Mine
Strange Silica Claim
Tungsten Hill Mine (Quartzite Tungsten Mine; Jackpot And Velmaette Groups; Jackpot Claims; Jackpot And Velma Quartzite Claims)
U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (1)
Unnamed Kyanite Occurrence (2)
Unnamed Mica Mine

Latitude: 33°41'41"N
Longitude: 114°22'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.694722222222,-114.37666666667
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 F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAndalusiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
DiasporeEpidoteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RutileScheeliteSpinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
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)211400683419
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511400761310
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114007011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2140070,14007427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11400955707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114007027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3140070,140073,1400953531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11400712600
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2140086,1400928173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211400709617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11400707437
Gold  (*)CopperAu7140070,140077,140078,140080,140081,140082,14008330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32140070,14007314640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411400705591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO43140069,140100,1401011507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44140070,140077,140080,14008214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23140070,140073,14009512537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1140084770
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2114007017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114007039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23140070,140074,1400843106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23140070,140073,14009161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2140086,1400924894


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