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Locality Name:
Black Rock District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 47762
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47762.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Rock District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Constellation
Monarch Wash Area
Sam Powell Peak

Latitude: 34°1'56"N
Longitude: 112°37'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.032222222222,-112.62611111111

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	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Fluorite	Fornacite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Crocoite ()*	Dioptase ()*
Fluorite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Willemite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Fluorite Fornacite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Phenakite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sulphur

33 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	114	108	2	147466,147468	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	114	108	1	147468	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	114	108	1	147467	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	114	108	1	147468	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	114	108	2	147467,147471	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	114	108	4	147466,147467,147468,147471	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	114	108	2	147466,147468	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	114	108	1	147466	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	114	108	2	147467,147471	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	114	108	2	147467,147471	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	114	108	1	147468	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	114	108	2	147461,147471	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	114	108	1	147467	3846
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)	114	108	1	147457	81
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	114	108	1	147460	164
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	114	108	4	147466,147467,147468,147469	9617
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	114	108	1	147457	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	114	108	3	147465,147466,147468	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	114	108	6	147459,147461,147465,147467,147468,147471	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	114	108	6	147459,147461,147466,147467,147468,147471	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	114	108	1	147468	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	114	108	1	147471	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	114	108	1	147468	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	114	108	3	147461,147467,147471	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	114	108	1	147468	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	114	108	1	147459	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	114	108	2	147459,147467	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	114	108	4	147462,147467,147468,147471	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	114	108	2	147467,147468	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	114	108	1	147468	2473
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	114	108	1	147468	2045
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	114	108	2	147466,147468	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	114	108	3	147466,147468,147469	1655

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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