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Locality Name:
Artillery Peak, Artillery Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 13.96
Youngest recorded age at locality: 13.96

mindat Locality ID: 4365
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4365.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Artillery Peak, Artillery Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Artillery Peak Deposit
Artillery Peak Mine (Artillery Mountain Mine; Hanna Mine)
Black Crow Mine
Black Diamond Mine
Black Eagle Mine
Gold Chief Mine
Indian Prospect
Lake Mine (McGregor Mine; Graham Claims; Chapin Group; Chapin Claims Mine; Big Jim Mine; Sitton Mill; Black Warrior Mine)
Last Chance Mine
Loves Mine (Psilomelane Group Mine; McComas Claims)
Neeye Mine
Priceless Mine (Priceless Vein; Price Vein; John Carr Claims; Price Mine; Price Group; Mohave Mining & Milling Mine)
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 34°19'59"N
Longitude: 113°35'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.333055555556,-113.58888888889

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 As Au B Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Mo O Pb S Si Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCoronaditeFluorite
HyalotekiteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltRutileScheeliteWickenburgite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Alamosite  (*)Baryte  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hollandite  (*)Hyalotekite  (*)
Lithiophorite  (*)Luddenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Melanotekite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)Shattuckite  (*)
Wickenburgite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alamosite  (*)Not in a structural groupPbSiO3114157517
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)114156311547
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1141563483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4141566,141567,141571,14157327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11415754979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11415755707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2114157527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11415753531
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1613.9613.961141574227
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1613.9613.961141574599
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22141563,1415759617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS114157524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2141566,14157530554
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1613.9613.961141574243
Hyalotekite  (*)Hyalotekite(Ba,Pb,K)4(Ca,Y)2(B,Be)2(Si,B)2Si8O28F11415754
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)213.9613.961141574210
Luddenite  (*)NoneCu2Pb2Si5O14·14H2O11415754
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2114157512537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)7141563,141565,141566,141567,141569,141571,141572770
Melanotekite  (*)NonePb2Fe3+2O2(Si2O7)114157522
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11415751107
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO213.9613.965141563,141566,141569,141570,1415743106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2114157561156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO213.9613.96114157488
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2114157571
Wickenburgite  (*)WickenburgitePb3CaAl2Si10O27·4H2O114157514
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411415751655



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_0000039c13.9613.9613.96U-Thage of deposition NC4  Coronadite, Hollandite 39695Priceless Mine (Priceless Vein; Price Vein; John Carr Claims; Price Mine; Price Group; Mohave Mining & Milling Mine), Artillery Peak, Artillery Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USAPriceless MineEvenson et al. (2014)10.2475/10.2014.01AJS314_1373Sandtrap Cg. deposition, cessation of detachment activity


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