Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mountain Spring Mine (Mountain Springs Mine; Mountain Spring Claim), Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 78
Youngest recorded age at locality: 71.4

mindat Locality ID: 61211
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61211.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mountain Spring Mine (Mountain Springs Mine; Mountain Spring Claim), Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°32'57"N
Longitude: 113°13'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.549166666667,-113.22138888889

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite

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 C Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Chalcopyrite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Galena ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	78	71.4	2734
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	78	71.4	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	72	71.6	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	72	71.6	3531
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	72	71.6	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	78	71.4	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	77	71.6	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	72	71.6	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	72	71.6	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	77	71.4	1655

22 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
EG94_211-00005	78	78		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B22	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00006	77	77		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B3a1	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00007	77	77		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B32	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00008	77	77		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B33	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00009	77	77		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B34	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00010	77	77		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B35	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00011	77	77		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B36	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00012	78	78		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B3b2	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00013	78	78		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B3b3	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00014	75	75		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B42	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00015	73	73		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B51	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00016	73	73		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B52	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00017	72	72		Pb-Pb		whole rock?	B61	Yes				43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
Kristen002254	77	72	77-72	Re-Os	mineralization age	molybdenite		Yes	Molybdenite		Cu, Mo	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad Cu-Mo Deposit	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
Mo-00247	72.4	71.8	72.1±0.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	BGD-1	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Barra et al. (2003)	10.1007/s00126-002-0341-0	MD38_585
Mo-00248	72	71.4	71.7±0.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	BGD-1	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Barra et al. (2003)	10.1007/s00126-002-0341-0	MD38_585
Mo-00249	72.1	71.5	71.8±0.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	BGD-1	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Barra et al. (2003)	10.1007/s00126-002-0341-0	MD38_585
Mo-00250	76.1	75.5	75.8±0.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	BGD-10	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Barra et al. (2003)	10.1007/s00126-002-0341-0	MD38_585
Mo-00251	76.1	75.5	75.8±0.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	BGD-10	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Barra et al. (2003)	10.1007/s00126-002-0341-0	MD38_585
Mo-00252	76.4	75.8	76.1±0.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	BGD-10	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Barra et al. (2003)	10.1007/s00126-002-0341-0	MD38_585
Mo-00253	72	71.4	71.7±0.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	BGD-19	Yes	Molybdenite		Mo	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Barra et al. (2003)	10.1007/s00126-002-0341-0	MD38_585
PorphCu-00103	72	71.6	71.8±0.2	Re-Os				Yes		Albite, Bornite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Galena, Gypsum, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphalerite	Cu	43642	Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Bagdad	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

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