Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
White Elephant Wash, Gold Basin District, White Hills, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 40628
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-40628.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "White Elephant Wash, Gold Basin District, White Hills, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Excelsior Mine
Unnamed Drywasher Site (USGS PP 1361 Locality 629)
Unnamed Drywasher Site (USGS PP 1361 Locality 968)
Unnamed Drywasher Site (USGS PP 1361 Locality 971)
Unnamed Drywasher Site (USGS PP 1361 Locality 972)
Unnamed Drywasher Site (USGS PP 1361 Locality 974)
Unnamed Drywasher Site (USGS PP Locality 626)
Unnamed Drywasher Site (USGS PP Locality 627)
Unnamed Prospect (USGS PP 1361 Locality 1086)
Unnamed Prospects (USGS PP 1361 Locality 1087)

Latitude: 35°51'17"N
Longitude: 114°14'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.854722222222,-114.24444444444

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Copper	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Spinel

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 Au C Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Copper Feldspar None Pyrite Rocksalt Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	142442	8803
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	142437	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	142443	3531
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	142434,142437,142442,142443	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	142435,142436,142437,142438,142439,142440,142441	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	142436,142440	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	142434	39462

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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