Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wickenburg Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1550
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1450

mindat Locality ID: 41265
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41265.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wickenburg Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 57
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Black Canyon District
Morgan Butte
White Picacho District

Latitude: 34°4'43"N
Longitude: 112°25'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.078611111111,-112.42888888889

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.

Acanthite	Andalusite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Enargite
Epidote	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Andalusite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Enargite
Epidote Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	149160	2793
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1550	1450	1	149139	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			3	149112,149117,149122	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	149160	445
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	149117,149160	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1550	1450	4	149112,149141,149152,149162	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1550	1450	9	149107,149109,149117,149119,149122,149141,149152,149153,149160	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			2	149112,149113	1382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	149117	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	149160	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	149152,149163	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1550	1450	3	149139,149140,149145	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1550	1450	8	149109,149112,149117,149120,149123,149141,149148,149153	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1550	1450	18	149107,149108,149109,149111,149115,149119,149126,149128,149129,149130,149132,149133,149137,149141,149153,149157,149158,149162	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			4	149122,149125,149126,149155	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1550	1450	1	149139	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			7	149111,149122,149125,149126,149152,149155,149156	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1550	1450	3	149139,149140,149145	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	149117	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	149160	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃			1	149160	176
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			3	149112,149113,149160	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	149112	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1550	1450	11	149109,149112,149117,149119,149120,149122,149133,149141,149152,149153,149160	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	149152	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1550	1450	6	149111,149123,149145,149148,149157,149158	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	149117,149122	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	149163	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			4	149109,149117,149147,149153	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			4	149112,149113,149153,149160	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃			1	149160	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1550	1450	7	149112,149117,149119,149123,149141,149148,149153	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1550	1450	1	149139	978
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	149160	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	149117,149160	5317

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000310	Precambrian basement in Prescott area

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000310	1550	1450	1500±50	K-Ar				UAKA-60-04				Muscovite		3395	Cleator Area, Cleator, Black Canyon District, Wickenburg Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Cleator area	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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