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Locality Name:
Hack Canyon District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 37505
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37505.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hack Canyon District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hack Canyon
Hack Canyon Deposit

Latitude: 36°33'54"N
Longitude: 112°41'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.565,-112.6925
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: As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Ni O P S Si Sr U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteBaryteBrochantiteChalcanthiteFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMillerite
NonePyriteZippeiteZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Bieberite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Zeunerite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O220180114263350
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)622018011426331633
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)22018011426341252
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2201801142633925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S22018011426335707
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2201801142633566
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2201802142633,1426376890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2220180114263312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS222018011426335674
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O2201801142633443
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS22018011426331066
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1142635767
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O22018011426331059
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O2201802142632,142633628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22201802142632,1426332718
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O2201801142632185
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)42201801142633175


1 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
EG87_1747_004220180220-180U-PbU mineralization age     U39688Pipe No. 1, Hack Canyon Mine (Hack's Mine; Hack Canyon Copper Mine; Hack Canyon Uranium Mine), Hack Canyon, Hack Canyon District, Mohave Co., Arizona, USAHack 1 pipeLudwig and Simmons (1992)10.2113/gsecongeo.87.7.1747EG87_1747 

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