Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Blue Bell Mine (Blue Bell Mine And Quarry; Patented Claims 1528; Blue Coat Vein; Blue Buck Claim), Mayer, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 44356
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44356.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Bell Mine (Blue Bell Mine And Quarry; Patented Claims 1528; Blue Coat Vein; Blue Buck Claim), Mayer, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°20'21"N
Longitude: 112°14'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.339166666667,-112.24055555556

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Epidote Feldspar Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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