Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1430
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1020

mindat Locality ID: 36793
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36793.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Distaff Mine (Distaff Chloride Mine), Chloride, Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°25'5"N
Longitude: 114°11'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.418055555556,-114.18861111111

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Molybdenite	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
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: Ag As C Ca Cl Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cl Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Molybdenite None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1430	1020	2793
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1430	1020	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1430	1020	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1430	1020	1382
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1430	1020	24243
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1430	1020	5800
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1430	1020	249
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1430	1020	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1430	1020	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1430	1020	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1430	1020	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1430	1020	21482

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000317	1430	1350	1390±40	K-Ar	UAKA-57-17	Yes	31210	Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Chloride Mining District	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
Giersdorf_00000318	1210	1150	1180±30	K-Ar	UAKA-57-18	Yes	31210	Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Chloride Mining District	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
Giersdorf_00000319	1220	1140	1180±40	K-Ar	UAKA-57-19	Yes	31210	Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Chloride Mining District	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201
Giersdorf_00000320	1080	1020	1050±30	K-Ar	UAKA-57-20	Yes	31210	Chloride District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Chloride Mining District	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)	AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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