Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Copper Creek Sillimanite Deposit, Copper Creek, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 78
Youngest recorded age at locality: 71.4

mindat Locality ID: 46784
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46784.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Creek Sillimanite Deposit, Copper Creek, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°35'49"N
Longitude: 113°12'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.596944444444,-113.20416666667

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	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group

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 C Cu H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Malachite None Not in a structural group

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Malachite ()*	Sillimanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	77	71.6	5509
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	72	71.6	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	72	71.6	3531
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	77	71.6	12537
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	78	71.4	1516

22 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample 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
EG94_211-00005	78	78		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B22	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00006	77	77		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B3a1	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00007	77	77		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B32	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00008	77	77		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B33	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00009	77	77		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B34	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00010	77	77		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B35	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00011	77	77		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B36	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00012	78	78		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B3b2	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00013	78	78		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B3b3	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00014	75	75		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B42	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00015	73	73		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B51	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00016	73	73		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B52	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00017	72	72		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B61	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
Kristen002254	77	72	77-72	Re-Os	mineralization age	molybdenite		Yes	Molybdenite		Cu, Mo	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad Cu-Mo Deposit	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
Mo-00247	72.4	71.8	72.1±0.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	BGD-1	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Barra et al. (2003)	10.1007/s00126-002-0341-0	MD38_585
Mo-00248	72	71.4	71.7±0.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	BGD-1	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Barra et al. (2003)	10.1007/s00126-002-0341-0	MD38_585
Mo-00249	72.1	71.5	71.8±0.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	BGD-1	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Barra et al. (2003)	10.1007/s00126-002-0341-0	MD38_585
Mo-00250	76.1	75.5	75.8±0.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	BGD-10	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Barra et al. (2003)	10.1007/s00126-002-0341-0	MD38_585
Mo-00251	76.1	75.5	75.8±0.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	BGD-10	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Barra et al. (2003)	10.1007/s00126-002-0341-0	MD38_585
Mo-00252	76.4	75.8	76.1±0.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	BGD-10	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Barra et al. (2003)	10.1007/s00126-002-0341-0	MD38_585
Mo-00253	72	71.4	71.7±0.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	BGD-19	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Barra et al. (2003)	10.1007/s00126-002-0341-0	MD38_585
PorphCu-00103	72	71.6	71.8±0.2	Re-Os				Yes		Albite, Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Galena, Gypsum, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...