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Locality Name:
Gleeson, Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 202
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 3310
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3310.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gleeson, Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bell Mine
Copper Belle Mine (Leonard Mine; Pemberthy Mine; Charleston Group)
Costello Mine Group (Costello Claims)
Courtland-Gleeson Placer
Gleeson Area
Gleeson Mine
Gleeson Placers
Gleeson Ridge
May Mine
Mystery Mine (Mystery Tunnel Mine; Minerals Exploration Co. Property)
Tejon Group (Tejon Mining Company Property)

Latitude: 31°44'23"N
Longitude: 109°49'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.739722222222,-109.8175
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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCoronadite
CorundumDescloiziteKaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTurquoise

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Aurorite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Coronadite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Sauconite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)20204136897,136899,136906,1369092734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)20204136897,136899,136906,1369093250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)620205136897,136899,136902,136906,136909919
Aurorite  (*)NoneMn2+Mn4+3O7·3H2O2020113689722
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)220203136899,136906,1369095509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS420203136894,136902,1369085516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20204136897,136899,136906,13690927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)20203136897,136899,1369064979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220206136894,136899,136902,136906,136908,13690927198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl20204136897,136899,136906,1369091382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O20202136897,1368993531
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1620202136897,136899227
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)20201136897378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2202011369069895
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)420202136897,13689949
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20206136894,136895,136899,136903,136906,13690924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu20203136900,136903,13690530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320205136897,136899,136903,136906,13690914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O20204136897,136899,136906,1369091689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)620204136897,136899,136906,1369092228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)420204136897,136899,136906,1369095591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42020113690514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220204136897,136899,136906,13690912537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl202011368971107
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO220203136897,136899,136909158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220205136894,136899,136906,136908,13690939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO220203136899,136906,1369093106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220203136897,136905,13690661156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)220205136897,136899,136902,136904,136906454
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O20202136897,13689956
Silver  (*)CopperAg202011369035186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)20206136897,136899,136902,136904,136906,1369092473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2020113689421482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO20203136897,136899,1369091101
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O20201136901484
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO420202136896,136897303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO420206136896,136897,136899,136902,136906,1369091655


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."
UBCMDRUSP2_1_Copper_Belle01202200.6201.3±0.7     Yes  3316Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USACourland Gleeson areaLang (2001) UBCMDRUSP2_1 

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