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:
Turkey Creek Station, Black Canyon District, Wickenburg Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

mindat Locality ID: 54577
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54577.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Turkey Creek Station, Black Canyon District, Wickenburg Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Rainbow Mine (Rainbow Deposit; Rainbow Lode; Rainbow Prospect; Rainbow Group)
Silver Cord Mine (Infant Mine; Infant Tunnel; Brooks Claims; American Flagg; McCutcheon Shaft; Gold Crown Mine; Cutter Mine [?])
Silver Zone Mine
Townsend Butte
Turkey Creek

Latitude: 34°16'10"N
Longitude: 112°13'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.269444444444,-112.21694444444

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	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	149152	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	149152,149153	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	149152	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	149153	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	149153	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	149155	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	149152,149155,149156	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	149152,149153	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	149152	9056
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	149153	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	149153	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	149153	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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