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Locality Name:
White Hills, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 34705
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34705.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Hills, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 159
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 143

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Blind Goddess Mine (Old Abe Mine)
Gold Basin District
Hulda Mine
Lost Basin District
Rip Van Winkle Mine
Shaefers Treasure Mine
White Hills District
White Hills Meteorite

Latitude: 35°47'2"N
Longitude: 114°19'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.783888888889,-114.3225

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti V W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
DescloiziteFeldsparFluoriteIronMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSpinelTridymiteZircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Iron  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)
Pigeonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schreibersite  (*)Siderite  (*)Taenite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5142335,142412,142413,142414,1424428803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11423742734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23142388,142402,1424123092
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611424602060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4142401,142412,142413,14241411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4142315,142335,142367,14240127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)19142303,142313,142315,142316,142329,142336,142347,142358,142359,142362,142369,142374,142375,142381,142382,142385,142396,142403,1424374979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS232142303,142307,142312,142316,142327,142332,142333,142335,142336,142346,142350,142353,142355,142362,142363,142365,142368,142374,142375,142376,142379,142382,142387,142392,142393,142394,142401,142404,142411,142414,142423,14243227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl7142451,142452,142453,142454,142456,142458,1424591382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411424603902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11142316,142329,142358,142361,142362,142369,142374,142376,142379,142380,1424433531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11423152970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF222142320,142322,142323,142324,142386,142389,142390,142395,142415,142416,142417,142418,142420,142421,142422,142424,142425,142426,142427,142428,142429,1424309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS45142303,142312,142313,142315,142316,142327,142329,142332,142335,142336,142346,142347,142350,142354,142355,142359,142362,142368,142369,142370,142374,142375,142376,142379,142381,142382,142384,142390,142393,142394,142396,142399,142400,142401,142403,142404,142405,142406,142408,142415,142423,142434,142437,142442,14244324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu52142303,142311,142312,142313,142315,142316,142318,142321,142325,142327,142329,142335,142336,142337,142341,142342,142346,142347,142349,142350,142353,142359,142360,142363,142366,142367,142368,142374,142375,142376,142378,142379,142381,142382,142383,142386,142397,142401,142402,142405,142423,142424,142430,142435,142436,142437,142438,142439,142440,142441,142448,14245730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O38142323,142324,142359,142361,142366,142374,142392,14240714640
Iron  (*)IronFe11424601089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611423742228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43142378,142436,14244014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211142303,142313,142315,142316,142333,142358,142361,142369,142380,142381,14238212537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11423574924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23142303,142316,1423595800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1142374362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218142306,142336,142340,142346,142361,142384,142391,142392,142395,142402,142403,142408,142424,142426,142427,142428,142429,14243017380
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6114237464
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O61142460303
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS269142303,142306,142307,142311,142312,142313,142315,142316,142320,142323,142324,142327,142329,142332,142335,142336,142340,142341,142346,142347,142353,142355,142361,142362,142365,142368,142369,142370,142374,142375,142376,142379,142382,142384,142386,142387,142388,142389,142390,142391,142392,142393,142395,142397,142398,142401,142402,142403,142407,142408,142412,142413,142414,142417,142418,142419,142420,142421,142422,142423,142424,142425,142426,142428,142429,142430,142431,142432,14243439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO225142320,142322,142324,142327,142329,142331,142341,142346,142353,142367,142374,142375,142389,142390,142392,142393,142417,142418,142419,142422,142424,142425,142427,142428,14242961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211424605614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2142352,1424104894
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1142460374
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)5142303,142313,142324,142329,1423596417
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1142460703
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21142460458
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS11424601044
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl4142303,142316,142332,142374605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO49142313,142315,142316,142332,142341,142366,142374,142379,1423931655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11423835251



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