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Locality Name:
Garnet Mountain, Lost Basin District, Lost Basin Mts (Lost Basin Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36942
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36942.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Garnet Mountain, Lost Basin District, Lost Basin Mts (Lost Basin Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Golden Gate Mine
Lower West Flank

Latitude: 35°52'58"N
Longitude: 114°6'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.882777777778,-114.10722222222
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: Al Au B C Ca Ce Cu Fe H Na Nb O S Si Ta Th Ti U Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Fe H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteColumbiteCopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzTourmaline

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Gold  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114281627198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11428162970
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61142817414
Gold  (*)CopperAu114281630554
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114281612537
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)61142817121
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114281639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114281661156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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