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:
Golden Belt Mine (Golden Turkey Extension Mine), Cleator, Black Canyon District, Wickenburg Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1550
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1450

mindat Locality ID: 48408
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48408.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Golden Belt Mine (Golden Turkey Extension Mine), Cleator, Black Canyon District, Wickenburg Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°16'20"N
Longitude: 112°12'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.272222222222,-112.20333333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1550	1450	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1550	1450	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1550	1450	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1550	1450	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1550	1450	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1550	1450	21482

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000310	Precambrian basement in Prescott area

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_00000310	1550	1450	1500±50	K-Ar				UAKA-60-04		Yes		Muscovite		3395	Cleator Area, Cleator, Black Canyon District, Wickenburg Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Cleator area	Shafiqullah et al. (1980)		AGSD12_201

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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