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Locality Name:
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: 44138
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44138.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Hills District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Bessie Belle Prospect
Black Warrior Prospect
Burnt Canyon
Cottonwood
Eureka Mine
Grapevine Gulch
Hickey Mountain
Kansas Prospect
Money-Metal Prospect
Shylock Mine (St. Lawrence; Stormcliff; Stormcloud; Pittsburg; Pittsburg Extension; Valley; Copper Merchant; Cincinnata; Bucky O'Neil; Blue Horse; Arizona Central)
Shylock Mine Area
Thorne & Sweeney Prospect

Latitude: 34°38'24"N
Longitude: 112°9'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.64,-112.15666666667
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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteVivianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21678160211473523419
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2167816022147351,1473603092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1678160211473559052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21678160211473575509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41678160211473575516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)167816022147357,14736027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1678160211473575707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2167816022147347,14735727198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1678160211473602600
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1678160211473578173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O167816022147355,147362814
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O167816021147349345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS167816022147351,14736024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3167816022147352,14735714640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2167816022147349,14735712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21678160211473495800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216781602114735717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2167816022147351,14735739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216781602114735261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)167816022147351,1473576417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS167816022147351,14736021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13167816022147357,1473601803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13167816025147346,147357,147358,147359,1473605317


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000048Ash Creek Group, bounded by Shylock and Verde Faults


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_0000048167816021640±38Rb-Srage of post-tectonic plutonic rocks      276434Burnt Canyon, Black Hills District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USABurnt CanyonLanphere (1968)10.1139/e68-074CJES5_757minimum age for accumulation and deformation of the Yavapai Series in this area.

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