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Locality Name:
Rat Tail Claim (Pack Rat Claim), Wickenburg Area, Belmont Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1120

mindat Locality ID: 3356
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3356.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rat Tail Claim (Pack Rat Claim), Wickenburg Area, Belmont Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCorundumFluoriteIraniteNonePhenakitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteWickenburgite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Boleite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemihedrite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Phoenicochroite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vauquelinite  (*)Wickenburgite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1300112002734
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)4813001120065
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1300112004979
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21300112009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13001120024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313001120014640
Hemihedrite  (*)IraniteZnPb10(CrO4)6(SiO4)2(OH)213001120014
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1300112001107
Phoenicochroite  (*)NonePb2O(CrO4)13001120035
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213001120039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213001120061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13001120021482
Vauquelinite  (*)NoneCuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)13001120063
Wickenburgite  (*)WickenburgitePb3CaAl2Si10O27·4H2O13001120014
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4130011200303


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
Cr-00012130011201210Rb, K muscovite  YesMuscoviteHemihedrite, Phoenicochroite, VauqueliniteCr47430Wickenburg, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USAWickenburgGastil (1960)10.2475/ajs.258.1.1AJS258_1 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R140134Rat Tail Claim (Pack Rat Claim), Wickenburg Area, Belmont Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R140134
R141184Rat Tail Claim (Pack Rat Claim), Wickenburg Area, Belmont Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R141184
R060048Rat Tail Claim (Pack Rat Claim), Wickenburg Area, Belmont Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060048

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