Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Boriana (Boriana Camp), Boriana District, Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1360
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1280

mindat Locality ID: 36408
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36408.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boriana (Boriana Camp), Boriana District, Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Telluride Chief Mine

Latitude: 35°6'0"N
Longitude: 113°47'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.1,-113.79972222222

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.

Clay	Columbite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

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 Ca Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Columbite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Galena ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1360	1280	1	142654	24243
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1360	1280	1	142654	469
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1360	1280	1	142654	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1360	1280	1	142654	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1360	1280	1	142654	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1360	1280	0		61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1360	1280	1	142654	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1360	1280	1	142654	21482

1 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_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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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