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:
North Ore Body, United Verde Mine (The Big Hole; Big Hole Property; Hull Mine; Hopewell Tunnel; Patented Claim 3480; Patented Claim 2812; Patented Claims 3348), Jerome, Verde District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 62357
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62357.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Ore Body, United Verde Mine (The Big Hole; Big Hole Property; Hull Mine; Hopewell Tunnel; Patented Claim 3480; Patented Claim 2812; Patented Claims 3348), Jerome, Verde District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai 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

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	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 As Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2500	541	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2500	541	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2500	541	1756
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1800	1700	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2500	541	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	541	21482

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
USGSB1324-C_1_0001	1800	1700	1750 ± 50	Pb-Pb	mineralization	galena	Yes	Galena	40685	United Verde Extension Mine (Little Daisy Group Of Claims; Little Daisy Shaft; The UVX; The U.V.X. Property; Edith And Audrey Shafts), Jerome, Verde District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Jerome	Anderson (1971)	USGSB1324-C_1
USGSB1324-C_1_0002	1830	1810	1820 ± 10	U-Pb	host rock	zircon	Yes	Zircon	40685	United Verde Extension Mine (Little Daisy Group Of Claims; Little Daisy Shaft; The UVX; The U.V.X. Property; Edith And Audrey Shafts), Jerome, Verde District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	near Jerome	Anderson (1971)	USGSB1324-C_1
vms-01017	2500	541	Proterozoic				Yes		40685	United Verde Extension Mine (Little Daisy Group Of Claims; Little Daisy Shaft; The UVX; The U.V.X. Property; Edith And Audrey Shafts), Jerome, Verde District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Jerome (United Verde Extension)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
vms-01018	2500	541	Proterozoic				Yes		3346	United Verde Mine (The Big Hole; Big Hole Property; Hull Mine; Hopewell Tunnel; Patented Claim 3480; Patented Claim 2812; Patented Claims 3348), Jerome, Verde District, Black Hills (Black Hill Range), Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA	Jerome (United Verde)	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

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