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Locality Name:
Wickenburg, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1120

mindat Locality ID: 47430
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47430.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wickenburg, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Bar FX Ranch
Boyd-Fortner Claims (Lucky Mica Claims; Fortner And Boyd Lithium Claims)
Dragon Mine
Monarch Claim
Old Smith Mine
Unnamed Prospect
Wickenburg - East Of
Wickenburg - NE Of
Wickenburg - South Of
Wickenburg (stone) Meteorite
Wickenburg Clinoptilolite Deposit
Wolf Mine (Warnick Manganese Mine; Prodigal Mine)

Latitude: 33°53'50"N
Longitude: 112°42'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.897222222222,-112.71138888889

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.

Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Clay	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Epsomite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Iron	Malachite	Mica	None	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	Wickenburgite

Albite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Beyerite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Malachite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Morenosite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phoenicochroite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*
Talc ()*	Troilite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wickenburgite ()*

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Beryl Bismutite Clay Corundum Cyanotrichite Epsomite Feldspar
Fluorite Iron Malachite Mica None Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Wickenburgite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1300	1120	1	141470	8803
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1300	1120	1	141474	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1300	1120	1	141475	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1300	1120	1	141470	4286
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	1300	1120	1	141475	96
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1300	1120	1	141475	4979
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1300	1120	1	141478	3902
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	1300	1120	1	141474	179
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1300	1120	1	141472	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1300	1120	1	141474	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1300	1120	1	141478	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1300	1120	1	141478	1089
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1300	1120	1	141472	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1300	1120	1	141476	1508
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1300	1120	1	141476	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1300	1120	1	141470	17380
Phoenicochroite ()*	None	Pb₂O(CrO₄)	1300	1120	1	141475	35
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1300	1120	1	141474	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1300	1120	1	141478	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1300	1120	1	141478	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1300	1120	1	141477	3337
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1300	1120	1	141478	1044
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1300	1120	1	141469	652
Wickenburgite ()*	Wickenburgite	Pb₃CaAl₂Si₁₀O₂₇·4H₂O	1300	1120	1	141475	14

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
	Cr-00012	1300	1120	1210	Rb, K			muscovite				Muscovite	Hemihedrite, Phoenicochroite, Vauquelinite	Cr	47430	Wickenburg, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA	Wickenburg	Gastil (1960)	10.2475/ajs.258.1.1	AJS258_1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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