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:
Dos Cabezas (Two Heads) District, Dos Cabezas Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 31620
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31620.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dos Cabezas (Two Heads) District, Dos Cabezas Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 75
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 64

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Antelope Mine
Apache Prospect
Arizona State Land Department Leases Nos. 4404-4405
Bean Canyon
Comstock Mine
Comstock Mine Area
Cottonwood Mine (Apache Pass District)
Dives Mine (Bear Cave Mine; Porter Mine; Emma Mine; Nettle Mine; Nobbey Mine)
Dos Cabezas
Galena Chief Mine
Greenhorn Mine
Kit Carson Mine (Kit Carson Prospect)
Mascot Canyon
Mineral Park Mines
Silver Camp Mine (McGinty Mine; Golden Belle Mine; Eldorado Mine; Parent Mine; Question Mine; Silver Camp Group)
Unnamed Adit (USGS Bull. 1676 Locality 69)
Unnamed Mine (USGS Bull. 1676 Locality 68)
Unnamed Prospect (USGS Bull. 1676 Locality 11)
Unnamed Prospect (USGS Bull. 1676 Locality 20)
Unnamed Prospect (USGS Bull. 1676 Locality 52)
Unnamed Prospect (USGS Bull. 1676 Locality 78)
Unnamed Shaft (USGS Bull. 1676 Locality 41)
Unnamed Shaft (USGS Bull.1676 Locality 76)
Western Mining Co. Mine

Latitude: 32°12'52"N
Longitude: 109°36'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.214444444444,-109.60111111111

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite
Meneghinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Topaz	Uytenbogaardtite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinobisvanite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gladite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Pekoite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sternbergite ()*	Talc ()*	Topaz ()*	Uytenbogaardtite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Bismutite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Malachite
Meneghinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Topaz Uytenbogaardtite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	136682	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	136682	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5	136730,136731,136733,136735,136737	5509
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	3	136673,136674,136675	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	6	136712,136713,136714,136715,136716,136717	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	136683,136707,136730,136737	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	136682,136736	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	136716	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	136729	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	26	136677,136680,136682,136686,136702,136703,136704,136705,136706,136707,136708,136709,136710,136711,136712,136713,136714,136715,136716,136717,136725,136726,136727,136729,136730,136737	27198
Clinobisvanite ()*	None	Bi(VO₄)	1	136675	36
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	136682	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	10	136712,136713,136714,136715,136716,136717,136725,136726,136727,136730	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	25	136673,136676,136677,136682,136684,136686,136696,136702,136703,136704,136705,136706,136707,136708,136709,136710,136711,136712,136713,136714,136715,136716,136717,136733,136735	24243
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	2	136673,136674	67
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	136682	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	136681,136682,136725,136726,136727,136729	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	6	136677,136682,136683,136684,136686,136724	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	136682	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	136682,136707,136725,136730,136731,136736	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	136682	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	8	136680,136712,136713,136714,136715,136716,136717,136729	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	136677,136730,136732,136733,136735,136737	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	2	136673,136675	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	136682,136719	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	136675	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	136682	2994
Pekoite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₁₁S₁₈	2	136673,136674	39
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	34	136669,136674,136676,136677,136680,136682,136683,136684,136685,136686,136702,136703,136704,136705,136706,136707,136708,136709,136710,136711,136712,136713,136714,136715,136716,136717,136725,136726,136727,136729,136731,136733,136735,136736	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	136669	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	136682	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	136675,136682,136719	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	136673,136734	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	136736	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	136682	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	12	136677,136682,136702,136703,136704,136705,136706,136707,136708,136709,136710,136711	21482
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	1	136707	62
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	6	136713,136714,136715,136716,136717,136725	3337
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	136719	1476
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂	1	136673	46

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_554	Near-surface occurrence. Recently forming oxalate associated with cave deposits, in Cochise County, Arizona.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run 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	Age Notes
	Michelle_554	0	0	Recent		Age of whewellite mineralization	high				Yes		Whewellite		15570	Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Cochise County	Hofmann and Bernasconi (1998)	10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00043-6	CG149_127	Described as "recent cave deposits."

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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