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Locality Name:
Cherry, Cherry Creek District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA


mindat Locality ID: 43481
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43481.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cherry, Cherry Creek District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Ann C. Mine (Ann C Mine; Andrea MS 2011 Claim)
Black Hawk Mine
Bunker Mine (Wheatley Property)
Cherry King Mine
Conger Mine (Conger Prospect; Patented Claim 598; Jerome Conger Mine)
Dove Mine
Federal Mine (Patented Claims 3103)
Gold Bullion Mine (Copper Bullion Mine)
Gold Eagle Mine (Gold Eagle Prospect)
Golden Idol Mine (Hillside Mine; Verde Inspiration Mine)
Hackberry Wash Area
Heola Mine
Leghorn Mine (Leghorn Property; Leg Horn Patented Claim MS 3007; Falls Patented Claim MS 3007; Copper Lode Property; B And D)
Logan Mine
Lucky Dome Property
Monarch Mine (Mocking Bird Mine; Monarch Verde Mine; Statehood Group)
Sitting Bull Mine (Patented Claim 939)
Sugar Bowl Mine
Sunnybrook Mine (Gold Shad Mine; Claims MS 4498)
Uncle Sam Mine
Wambacker Mine (Wombacher Mine)

Latitude: 34°35'52"N
Longitude: 112°2'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.597777777778,-112.04916666667

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: Al Au Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27147368,147375,147377,147379,147381,147384,14738527198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11473848173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5147375,147379,147384,147385,14738724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu17147368,147369,147370,147371,147372,147373,147374,147375,147376,147377,147379,147381,147382,147384,147385,147386,14738930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34147375,147379,147381,14738414640
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211473695800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213147370,147372,147373,147375,147376,147377,147379,147381,147382,147385,147386,147387,14738939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26147368,147369,147375,147381,147384,14738761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11473794894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS114738521482
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1147387605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411473871655



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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