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:
Constellation, Black Rock District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 114
Youngest recorded age at locality: 108

mindat Locality ID: 46724
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46724.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Constellation, Black Rock District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Amazon Wash
Arizona Copper Belt Mining Company Mine

Latitude: 34°4'25"N
Longitude: 112°33'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.073611111111,-112.555

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	Baryte	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Fornacite	Malachite	Mica	Monazite	None
Pyrite	Quartz

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 Cr Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cr Cu H O Pb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Clay Copper Corundum Fornacite Malachite Mica Monazite None
Pyrite Quartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chrysocolla ()*	Crocoite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Fornacite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	114	108	1	147461	3531
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	114	108	0		81
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	114	108	1	147460	164
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	114	108	0		85
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	114	108	2	147459,147461	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	114	108	2	147459,147461	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	114	108	1	147461	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	114	108	1	147459	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	114	108	1	147459	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	114	108	1	147462	61156

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
	Giersdorf_00000347	114	108	111±3	K-Ar	K-Ar age partially reset by some magmatic event			UAKA-72-25						46724	Constellation, Black Rock District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Constellation mining district	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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