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Locality Name:
Ithaca Peak, Mineral Park District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 73
Youngest recorded age at locality: 73

mindat Locality ID: 37441
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37441.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ithaca Peak, Mineral Park District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ithaca Peak Mine (Mineral Park Mine; Ithaca Peak Orebody; Ithica Peak Mine)

Latitude: 35°22'0"N
Longitude: 114°9'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.366666666667,-114.15
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 As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteGypsum
KaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedriteTurquoise

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Turquoise  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)673731142208966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)737311422081588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS737311422089052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4737311422085516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S737311422085707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27373114220827198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O737311422082970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)737311422088173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O73731142208345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7373114220824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)737311422087437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O737311422086890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O37373114220814640
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)67373114220882
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6737311422082228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4737311422085591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O47373114220814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)27373114220812537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2737311422085800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)27373114220817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27373114220839462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2737311422085614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)737311422086417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7373114220821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13737311422085317
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O73731142208484


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
EG94_211-000017373 Pb-Pb whole rock?MP-18    37445Ithaca Peak Mine (Mineral Park Mine; Ithaca Peak Orebody; Ithica Peak Mine), Ithaca Peak, Mineral Park District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USAMineral ParkBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000027373 Pb-Pb whole rock?MP-19    37445Ithaca Peak Mine (Mineral Park Mine; Ithaca Peak Orebody; Ithica Peak Mine), Ithaca Peak, Mineral Park District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USAMineral ParkBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
PorphCu-00096737373      Arsenopyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Rutile, Siderite, SphaleriteCu37445Ithaca Peak Mine (Mineral Park Mine; Ithaca Peak Orebody; Ithica Peak Mine), Ithaca Peak, Mineral Park District, Wallapai District, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USAIthaca PeakSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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