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Locality Name:
Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 74
Youngest recorded age at locality: 64

mindat Locality ID: 54242
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54242.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Copper Basin District

Latitude: 34°28'41"N
Longitude: 112°35'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.478055555556,-112.59611111111
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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O S Si Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxene
QuartzSpinelZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mercury  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tenorite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6746411488412060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)264642148841,1488485509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)7464114884211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS464642148843,1488485516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7464114884827770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O64641148841925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S64643148841,148843,1488485707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS264642148843,14884827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O64642148841,1488483531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS74647148841,148842,148846,148847,148849,148851,1488522600
Copper  (*)CopperCu64642148841,1488483846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O64643148841,148848,1488502970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2746411488489895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)646411488438173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O64643148841,148843,148848345
Gold  (*)CopperAu74642148841,14884630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O364644148841,148842,148843,14884814640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)674643148841,148843,1488482228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)474642148842,1488435591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O47464114884614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)264643148842,148843,14884812537
Mercury  (*)NoneHg74641148847397
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS264642148843,1488485800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)274643148841,148843,14884817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)746411488482349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS264643148842,148843,14884839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27464114884261156
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO646411488481101
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)746411488475251


5 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
EG94_211-000187474 Pb-Pb whole rock?CB11    46163Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USACopper BasinBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000197474 Pb-Pb whole rock?CB23    46163Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USACopper BasinBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000207272 Pb-Pb whole rock?CB31    46163Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USACopper BasinBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000217272 Pb-Pb whole rock?CB41    46163Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USACopper BasinBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
PorphCu-00685646464      Actinolite, Arsenopyrite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Epidote, Ferrimolybdite, Galena, Hematite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Tremolite, TurquoiseCu46163Copper Basin District, Sierra Prieta Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USACopper BasinSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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