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Locality Name:
El Tigre Mine (Sampson Mine), Rustler Park, California District, Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 26
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 32163
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32163.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "El Tigre Mine (Sampson Mine), Rustler Park, California District, Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°56'4"N
Longitude: 109°17'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.934444444444,-109.28444444444
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 Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDevillineDiaspore
EpidoteGypsumLinariteMalachiteMiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteWollastoniteWurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Minium  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S262502793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)262502734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2262505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2625011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2625027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22625027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)262501025
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS262504165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S326250802
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O26250366
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6262504135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2262509895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2625024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)262507437
Graphite  (*)NoneC262502812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O262506890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS2625062
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32625014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O262501689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6262501066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)226250987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22625012537
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O426250247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22625039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22625061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)226250454
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O26250292
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)262502473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2625021482
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO426250303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3262501247


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_554Near-surface occurrence. Recently forming oxalate associated with cave deposits, in Cochise County, Arizona.


2 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
Michelle_55400Recent Age of whewellite mineralizationhigh   YesWhewellite 15570Cochise Co., Arizona, USACochise CountyHofmann and Bernasconi (1998)10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00043-6CG149_127Described as "recent cave deposits."
MT1984_Tsuji_001262526-25        32163El Tigre Mine (Sampson Mine), Rustler Park, California District, Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAEl TigreTsuji (1984) MT1984_Tsujiage of initiation of Turkey Creek Caldera

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