Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Antler Mine (Antler Gold Mine; Spuyten Duyvel Mine), Arrastra Mt., Hualapai District, Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 3360
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3360.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Antler Mine (Antler Gold Mine; Spuyten Duyvel Mine), Arrastra Mt., Hualapai District, Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°22'45"N
Longitude: 113°24'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.379166666667,-113.41305555556

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	Amphibole	Beryl	Botryogen	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copiapite
Covellite	Halotrichite	Malachite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Allophane ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Bornite ()*
Botryogen ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Galena ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Beryl Botryogen Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copiapite
Covellite Halotrichite Malachite Melanterite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Wollastonite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	541	3419
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	2500	541	470
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	541	718
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	2500	541	246
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2500	541	5516
Botryogen ()*	Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	2500	541	45
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2500	541	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	2500	541	577
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	2500	541	382
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2500	541	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2500	541	4165
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	541	327
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	541	24243
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	2500	541	409
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2500	541	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2500	541	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	2500	541	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2500	541	9056
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2500	541	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2500	541	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2500	541	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2500	541	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2500	541	1247

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_00000323	1360	1280	1320±40	K-Ar		UAKA-21-57	Yes	3343	Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Hualapai Mountains	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
Giersdorf_00000338	594	560	577±17	K-Ar	K-Ar age partially reset by some magmatic event	UAKA-64-19	Yes	275694	Arrastra Mt., Hualapai District, Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Arrastra Mt.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
vms-01010	2500	541	Proterozoic					3360	Antler Mine (Antler Gold Mine; Spuyten Duyvel Mine), Arrastra Mt., Hualapai District, Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Antler	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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