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Locality Name:
Independence Gulch, White Picacho District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1379
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1373

mindat Locality ID: 51358
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51358.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Independence Gulch, White Picacho District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Lone Giant Pegmatite
Long Dike Mine
Midnight Owl Mine (Lithia King Mine; Lithium King Mine; Midnight Owl Pegmatites)
New Lookout Prospects

Latitude: 33°59'59"N
Longitude: 112°30'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.999722222222,-112.50888888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteArsenicArseniosideriteBerylBismutiteBjarebyiteCalciteChildreniteClay
ColumbiteFairfielditeFeldsparGarnetHureauliteMicaNoneOlivinePhenakitePyroxene
QuartzStauroliteStewartiteStibniteTourmalineTripliteWagnerite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Crandallite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Eucryptite  (*)
Fairfieldite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Kulanite  (*)
Lithiophilite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Purpurite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Robertsite  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stewartite  (*)Strengite  (*)Triphylite  (*)
Triplite  (*)Triploidite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)137913734149073,149074,149075,1490768803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18137913733149073,149074,1490754286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1379137311490751966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31379137311490751935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)137913731149075716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13791373114907527770
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6137913731149075518
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6137913731149075310
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O137913731149075128
Eucryptite  (*)PhenakiteLiAlSiO413791373114907529
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O13791373114907572
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1379137311490752740
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O137913731149075125
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH137913731149075367
Kulanite  (*)BjarebyiteBaFe2+2Al2(PO4)3(OH)313791373114907512
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)137913732149073,149075155
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)137913732149073,149075200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2137913734149073,149074,149075,14907617380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21379137311490752273
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)13791373114907580
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2137913733149073,149074,14907561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1379137311490751711
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O13791373114907536
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)137913733149073,149074,1490752705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31379137311490751214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6137913732149073,149075688
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)137913731149075978
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O13791373114907548
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O137913731149075263
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)137913731149075313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F137913731149075233
Triploidite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(PO4)(OH)13791373114907529


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_148137913731376±3U/Pb zircon   Zircon  30506Midnight Owl Mine (Lithia King Mine; Lithium King Mine; Midnight Owl Pegmatites), Independence Gulch, White Picacho District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USAMidnight OwlMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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