Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mohave Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 39827
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39827.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mohave Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chemehuevis District

Latitude: 34°47'11"N
Longitude: 114°8'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.786388888889,-114.13333333333

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Bornite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	142930	5516
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	142938	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	142930	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	142929,142930,142934	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	142930,142932,142933,142934,142935,142938	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	142934,142938	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	142938	2228
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	142929	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	142938	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	5	142931,142933,142934,142935,142936	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	142930	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	142930	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	142938	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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