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Locality Name:
Chloride, Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1606
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1020

mindat Locality ID: 34407
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34407.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chloride, Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 65
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 64

Number of Child Localities: 64
Child Localities:
Albany Mine
Altata Extension Mine
Altata Mine (Cinco De Mayo Mine; Little Giant Mine; Antietam Mine)
Argyle Mine
Arizona Magma Mine (Diana Mine)
Badger Mine
Blue Dick Mine
Brighter Days Mine
Bullion Mine (Bullion Prospect; Bullion Hill Mine)
Cady Mine
Chloride Queen Mine (Sunday School Mine; Silver Mountain Group)
Clyde Mine (Clyde Prospect)
Connor Mine
Copper Age Mine (El Oro Mine; General Metals Mine; Grand Boy Mine; Blossom Mine)
Dardanelles Mine
Diana Mine
Distaff Mine (Distaff Chloride Mine)
Donohue Mine
Elkhart Mine (Bullion Millsite And Mine; Argyle Shaft; Big Tennessee Shaft)
Empire Mine (Silver Union Mine)
Eureka Mine (Eureka Consolidated Mine)
Georgia Group (North Georgia Mine; South Georgia Mine)
Hazel K Mine
Hercules Mine (Hercules-Badger Mine; Badger-Hercules Mine; Woodchuck Mine; Water Witch Mine; Majestic Mine)
Hermit Mine
Hidden Treasure Mine (Emerson Group)
Johnny Bull-Silver King Property (Johnny Bull Prospect; Silver Knight Mine; Silver Knight Claims)
Juno Mine (Illinois Claim; Boulder Dam Mine)
Jupiter Mine (Jupiter Prospect; Foothill Mine; Silver Bar Mine; Silverbell Mine)
Lone Jack-Blackfoot Mine (Blackfoot Mine; Lone Jack Mine; Goldback Mine)
Lucky Boy Mine (Samoa Mine; Brighter Days Claim; Queen Claim; Samoan Mine; Samoa Group)
Manzanita Mine (Darwin Mine; X-Ray Mine)
Metallic Accident Mine
Midnight Mine (Mohave-Midnight Mine)
Minnesota-Connor Mine (Minnesota-Conner Mine; Pluto Mine)
New Deal Mine
New Jersey Mine
New Moon Mine (Moon Mine; Arizona Metals Mine)
New Tennessee Mine (Bryan Claim; Oversight Claim)
Old Comanche Mine (Old Comanche Prospect)
Oriental Mine
Pay Roll Mine (Payroll Mine; Black Prince Claim; Oriental Mine)
Pennsylvania Mine
Pink Eye Mine
Pinkham Mine (Great Scott Mine; Little Chief Mine)
Quaker Mine
Rainbow Mine
Rainbow Mine (Windsail Shaft; Silver Coin Mine; Old Timer Mine)
Rogers Mine
Samoa Mine (Fourth Of March Mine; Samoa No. 1 & 2 Claims; Mountain Dew Mine)
San Antonio Mine (Ark-San Antonio Mine)
Schenectady Mine
Schuylkill Mine
Senator Mine
Silver Age Mine
South Georgia Mine
Tennessee Mine
Tennessee Mine Staff House Area
Tintic Mine
Towne Mine (Porter & Black Smoke Mine; Sunlight Mine)
Twentieth Century Mine (20th Century Mine; Gladstone Mine; Big Boy Mine)
Uncle Abe Mine
Valley View Mine
Virginia Mine

Latitude: 35°24'23"N
Longitude: 114°10'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.406388888889,-114.17666666667

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFluoriteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1430102011421142793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS143010207142102,142117,142119,142126,142132,142155,1421589052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4143010204142100,142131,142142,1421555516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1430102013142099,142100,142114,142119,142121,142124,142125,142126,142128,142131,142132,142146,14215827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)143010202142139,1421454979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S143010202142100,1421555707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21430102022142101,142105,142106,142109,142112,142114,142116,142119,142121,142123,142124,142126,142128,142131,142132,142136,142139,142142,142150,142153,142155,14215827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl143010206142113,142114,142117,142140,142141,1421621382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS143010203142104,142122,1421522600
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1430102011421002970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)143010202142119,1421558173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21430102011421579617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1430102039142099,142100,142101,142105,142106,142109,142112,142114,142116,142117,142119,142120,142121,142123,142124,142125,142126,142127,142128,142129,142131,142132,142134,142135,142136,142137,142138,142139,142143,142146,142148,142149,142150,142151,142153,142155,142158,142159,14216024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu143010207142102,142121,142130,142132,142139,142148,14215530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314301020114214914640
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21430102014142099,142100,142114,142116,142121,142125,142128,142130,142131,142132,142139,142146,142148,1421555800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2143010205142119,142126,142132,142155,14215817380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]143010201142114249
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3143010203142114,142117,142132733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31430102011421321425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21430102035142099,142100,142101,142102,142105,142106,142109,142112,142114,142116,142117,142119,142120,142121,142123,142124,142125,142126,142128,142131,142132,142134,142135,142137,142139,142142,142146,142148,142149,142150,142151,142153,142155,142158,14215939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8143010203142126,142132,1421589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2143010208142114,142117,142119,142126,142132,142145,142155,14215861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg143010204142114,142128,142148,1421555186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1430102033142099,142100,142101,142105,142106,142109,142112,142114,142116,142117,142119,142120,142121,142123,142124,142125,142126,142127,142128,142129,142131,142132,142135,142136,142137,142139,142148,142150,142153,142155,142158,142159,14216021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31430102011421553418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131430102011421171803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13143010203142126,142132,1421585317
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl143010201142155605



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000061west side of range near Chloride, Arizona
Jen_0000061awest side of range near Chloride, Arizona


6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000317143013501390±40K-Ar  UAKA-57-17 Yes  31210Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USAChloride Mining DistrictShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_00000318121011501180±30K-Ar  UAKA-57-18 Yes  31210Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USAChloride Mining DistrictShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_00000319122011401180±40K-Ar  UAKA-57-19 Yes  31210Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USAChloride Mining DistrictShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Giersdorf_00000320108010201050±30K-Ar  UAKA-57-20 Yes  31210Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USAChloride Mining DistrictShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
Jen_0000061136013601360Rb-Srage of metamorphismbiotiteA-10    34407Chloride, Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USACerbat MtnsWasserburg and Lanphere (1965)10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2GSAB76_735 
Jen_0000061a160616061606Rb-Srage of intrusionmicroclineA-12A  Microcline  34407Chloride, Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USACerbat MtnsWasserburg and Lanphere (1965)10.1130/0016-7606(1965)76[735:ADITPO]2.0.CO;2GSAB76_735intrusion of younger granite into older metamorphic terrain


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