Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Yaeger Mine (Yeager Mine; Yaeger Canyon Mine; Queen Bee Mine; Old Incline; Grey Copper Shaft; Patented Claims 1450), Hickey Mountain, Black Hills District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1678
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1602

mindat Locality ID: 41726
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41726.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yaeger Mine (Yeager Mine; Yaeger Canyon Mine; Queen Bee Mine; Old Incline; Grey Copper Shaft; Patented Claims 1450), Hickey Mountain, Black Hills District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°39'48"N
Longitude: 112°11'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.663333333333,-112.18472222222

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Siderite ()*	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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1678	1602	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1678	1602	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1678	1602	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1678	1602	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1678	1602	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1678	1602	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1678	1602	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1678	1602	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1678	1602	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1678	1602	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1678	1602	6417
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1678	1602	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1678	1602	5317

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000048	Ash Creek Group, bounded by Shylock and Verde Faults

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
	Jen_0000048	1678	1602	1640±38	Rb-Sr	age of post-tectonic plutonic rocks					Yes				276434	Burnt Canyon, Black Hills District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Burnt Canyon	Lanphere (1968)	10.1139/e68-074	CJES5_757	minimum age for accumulation and deformation of the Yavapai Series in this area.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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