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Locality Name:
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: 33608
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33608.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 117
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 109

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ellsworth District

Latitude: 33°48'54"N
Longitude: 113°43'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.815,-113.72583333333

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fornacite	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Wollastonite

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 ()*

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:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fornacite Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Wollastonite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	70.1	53.8	1	140278	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	70.1	53.8	1	140279	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	70.1	53.8	2	140256,140257	1310
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	70.1	53.8	1	140279	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	70.1	53.8	1	140279	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	70.1	53.8	3	140181,140215,140226	11547
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	70.1	53.8	2	140261,140274	214
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	70.1	53.8	1	140261	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	70.1	53.8	1	140261	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	70.1	53.8	3	140183,140184,140279	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	70.1	53.8	6	140170,140182,140196,140198,140261,140279	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	70.1	53.8	1	140198	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	70.1	53.8	3	140184,140196,140279	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	70.1	53.8	4	140183,140184,140202,140279	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	70.1	53.8	3	140196,140198,140279	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	70.1	53.8	1	140279	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	70.1	53.8	2	140196,140279	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	70.1	53.8	2	140198,140261	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	70.1	53.8	2	140261,140279	8173
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	70.1	53.8	1	140198	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	70.1	53.8	2	140168,140202	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	70.1	53.8	1	140198	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	70.1	53.8	9	140168,140196,140198,140202,140213,140237,140243,140261,140279	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	70.1	53.8	2	140184,140279	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	70.1	53.8	1	140198	2228
Kettnerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBiO(CO₃)F	70.1	53.8	1	140261	46
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	70.1	53.8	4	140182,140212,140257,140260	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	70.1	53.8	3	140184,140278,140279	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	70.1	53.8	3	140184,140196,140279	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	70.1	53.8	1	140198	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	70.1	53.8	2	140187,140261	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70.1	53.8	2	140182,140279	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70.1	53.8	2	140198,140261	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	70.1	53.8	7	140187,140214,140226,140236,140248,140259,140261	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	70.1	53.8	5	140170,140202,140221,140226,140279	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	70.1	53.8	1	140248	21482
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	70.1	53.8	1	140272	190
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	70.1	53.8	2	140272,140273	510
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	70.1	53.8	1	140248	303
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	70.1	53.8	2	140184,140255	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	70.1	53.8	3	140196,140198,140261	1655

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000356	68.5	65.7	67.1±1.4	K-Ar	age records cooling after a metamorphic event	UAKA-77-64	33608	Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Granite Wash Mts.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
Giersdorf_00000358	70.1	62.9	66.5±3.6	K-Ar		UAKA-66-03	33608	Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Granite Wash Pass	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
Giersdorf_00000368	56.2	53.8	55±1.2	K-Ar	Age reflects a tertiary cooling history in the Granite Wash Mts.	UAKA-77-63	33608	Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Granite Wash Mts.	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
Giersdorf_00000379	45.4	42.8	44.1±1.3	K-Ar	Age of cooling of the undeformed biotite-granite	HVR-2	33460	Ellsworth District, Granite Wash Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Tank Pass	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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