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:
Galena Gulch Area, McCabe, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 52670
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52670.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Galena Gulch Area, McCabe, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts (Bradshaw Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Silver Belt-McCabe Vein

Latitude: 34°29'11"N
Longitude: 112°16'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.486388888889,-112.27666666667

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	147570	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	147570,147572,147575	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	147573	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	147570,147575	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	147570	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	147575	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	147573	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	147570,147572,147573	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	147575	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	147573	4165
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	147570	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	147570,147572,147573,147575	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	147572,147573	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	147573	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	147570,147572,147573	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	147570,147573	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	147570,147573,147575	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	147570,147572,147573,147575	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	147573	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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