Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Hack Canyon Mine (Hack's Mine; Hack Canyon Copper Mine; Hack Canyon Uranium Mine), Hack Canyon, Hack Canyon District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 180

mindat Locality ID: 37364
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37364.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hack Canyon Mine (Hack's Mine; Hack Canyon Copper Mine; Hack Canyon Uranium Mine), Hack Canyon, Hack Canyon District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pipe No. 1

Latitude: 36°35'1"N
Longitude: 112°47'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.583611111111,-112.79777777778

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.

Baryte	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Millerite	None
Zippeite	Zircon

Bieberite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*
Millerite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zippeite ()*

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: C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Ni O P S Si Sr U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Ni O P S Si U V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Brochantite Chalcanthite Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Millerite None
Zippeite Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Bieberite ()*	Melanterite	Co(SO₄)·7H₂O	220	180	0		50
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	220	180	0		1633
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	220	180	1	142634	1252
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	220	180	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	220	180	0		5707
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	220	180	0		566
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	220	180	0		6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	220	180	0		12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	220	180	0		5674
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	220	180	0		443
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	220	180	0		1066
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	220	180	0		1059
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	220	180	0		628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	220	180	0		2718
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	220	180	0		175

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
	EG87_1747_004	220	180	220-180	U-Pb	U mineralization age								U	39688	Pipe No. 1, Hack Canyon Mine (Hack's Mine; Hack Canyon Copper Mine; Hack Canyon Uranium Mine), Hack Canyon, Hack Canyon District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA	Hack 1 pipe	Ludwig and Simmons (1992)	10.2113/gsecongeo.87.7.1747	EG87_1747

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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