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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

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: 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: 
AluniteAragoniteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite
Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411429305516
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11429384979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114293027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3142929,142930,14293424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu6142930,142932,142933,142934,142935,14293830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32142934,14293814640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611429382228
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2114292939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114293861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)5142931,142933,142934,142935,1429364894
Silver  (*)CopperAg11429305186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS114293021482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411429381655



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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