Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Plomosa Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 19.88
Youngest recorded age at locality: 16.81

mindat Locality ID: 33720
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33720.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plomosa Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 157
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 143

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Plomosa District

Latitude: 33°47'29"N
Longitude: 114°3'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.791388888889,-114.05638888889

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tourmaline

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bassanite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Descloizite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Lechatelierite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Metacinnabar ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Prosopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Vermiculite ()*	Willemite ()*

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: Ag Al Au B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tourmaline

47 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	140554	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	19.88	16.81	3	140493,140554,140588	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	19.88	16.81	1	140493	3092
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	19.88	16.81	1	140493	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	140514	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			20	140494,140498,140501,140516,140519,140522,140524,140525,140526,140542,140550,140551,140552,140558,140574,140575,140584,140590,140613,140616	11547
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O			1	140508	82
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	140559	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	19.88	16.81	2	140493,140522	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	19.88	16.81	10	140476,140484,140485,140486,140493,140510,140524,140529,140559,140568	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			2	140462,140590	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	19.88	16.81	3	140493,140560,140588	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	140524	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	140559	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	19.88	16.81	1	140493	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	19.88	16.81	6	140493,140507,140508,140514,140522,140560	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			2	140464,140530	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	19.88	16.81	1	140493	3846
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			1	140590	378
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	140559,140562	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			15	140494,140515,140516,140522,140525,140526,140542,140550,140551,140552,140558,140574,140584,140613,140616	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	19.88	16.81	4	140493,140554,140560,140588	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	140522	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			8	140511,140514,140559,140578,140579,140583,140588,140594	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			5	140463,140500,140522,140539,140559	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			16	140503,140504,140507,140509,140511,140512,140514,140517,140520,140522,140524,140552,140559,140583,140586,140588	14640
Lechatelierite ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂			1	140503	62
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	140505	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	19.88	16.81	6	140493,140505,140507,140514,140560,140588	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			3	140484,140485,140568	770
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS			1	140530	255
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	140505	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	140522	17380
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O			1	140503	309
Prosopite ()*	None	CaAl₂F₄(OH)₄			1	140507	39
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	140554,140559	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			7	140476,140484,140485,140510,140518,140529,140568	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	140513	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	140505	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	19.88	16.81	11	140477,140484,140493,140503,140504,140516,140522,140524,140552,140566,140583	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			5	140523,140579,140580,140581,140582	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	140581,140582	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	19.88	16.81	3	140493,140522,140588	6417
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			2	140507,140508	1101
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			1	140590	605
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	140505	652
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	19.88	16.81	1	140493	303

2 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_00000422	19.88	18.94	19.41±0.47	K-Ar				UAKA-74-38						279987	Black Mesa, Plomosa District, Plomosa Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Black Mesa	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201
	Giersdorf_00000438	17.67	16.81	17.24±0.43	K-Ar				UAKA-74-37						279987	Black Mesa, Plomosa District, Plomosa Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	Black Mesa	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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