Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Quartzsite Area, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 47038
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47038.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quartzsite Area, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Crystal Park
Djurleite Locality
Southeast Of Quartzsite
Sugarloaf Butte
Unnamed Placer

Latitude: 33°38'0"N
Longitude: 114°18'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.633333333333,-114.31527777778

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.

Alunite	Corundum	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Scheelite

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: Ag Al Ca Cu Fe H K Na O S Se Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Corundum None Not in a structural group Quartz Scheelite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Hematite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Naumannite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	140633	966
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	140631	300
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	140632	14640
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	140633	128
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	140631	192
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	140630	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	140634	4894

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060406	Sugarloaf Butte, Quartzsite Area, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R060406

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