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Locality Name:
Mayer, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1630
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1207

mindat Locality ID: 49936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mayer, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Big Bug Creek
Big Bug Creek Area
Blue Bell Mine (Blue Bell Mine And Quarry; Patented Claims 1528; Blue Coat Vein; Blue Buck Claim)
Henrietta Mine (Henrietta-Gopher Mine; Big Bug Mine; American Flag Mine; Braganza Gold Mine Property 1906; Gopher MS 19 Claim; Patented Mining Claims MS 1597)
Mayer Onyx Quarry
Pocahontas Mine (Pocahontas Copper Queen Mining Co. Mine; Copper Dome Claims; Patented Claims MS 1746; Claims MS 4624)
Spar Group Of Claims

Latitude: 34°23'58"N
Longitude: 112°14'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.399444444444,-112.24

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	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Epidote Feldspar Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

23 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	147556	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	147556,147557	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	147556	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	147556	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	147556	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	147556	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1630	1207	7	147554,147555,147556,147557,147558,147559,147560	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	147556	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	147556,147557,147559	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	147556	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	147556	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	147557	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	147556,147557,147560	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	147556	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	147556,147557	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	147556	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	147556,147559	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	147556	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	147556,147557,147559,147560	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	147557	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	147556,147557	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			3	147556,147559,147560	5317
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	147556	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000049	Alder (later renamed Big Bug) Group
Jen_0000050	Alder (later renamed Big Bug) Group
Jen_0000052	Alder (later renamed Big Bug) Group

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Jen_0000049	1630	1530	1580±50	Sr-Sr/Rb-Sr	age of post-tectonic plutonic rocks	whole rock	275776	Big Bug Creek, Mayer, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Locality D	Lanphere (1968)	10.1139/e68-074	CJES5_757	minimum age for accumulation and deformation of the Yavapai Series in this area.
Jen_0000050	1413	1207	1310±103	Sr-Sr/Rb-Sr	age of post-tectonic plutonic rocks	whole rock	275776	Big Bug Creek, Mayer, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Locality E	Lanphere (1968)	10.1139/e68-074	CJES5_757	minimum age for accumulation and deformation of the Yavapai Series in this area.
Jen_0000052	1605	1445	1525±80	Sr-Sr/Rb-Sr	age of post-tectonic plutonic rocks	whole rock	275776	Big Bug Creek, Mayer, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Locality C	Lanphere (1968)	10.1139/e68-074	CJES5_757	minimum age for accumulation and deformation of the Yavapai Series in this area.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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