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Locality Name:
Johnson Mine (Johnson Pit; Burro Pit; Climax Shaft; Johnson Camp Mine; Cyprus Johnson Deposit), Johnson Camp, Cochise District, Little Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 53
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 32440
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32440.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Johnson Mine (Johnson Pit; Burro Pit; Climax Shaft; Johnson Camp Mine; Cyprus Johnson Deposit), Johnson Camp, Cochise District, Little Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°6'38"N
Longitude: 110°3'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.110555555556,-110.06333333333

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Baryte	Beryl	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Humite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spangolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wollastonite

Allophane ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Spangolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Willemite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Baryte Beryl Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Humite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Spangolite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Wollastonite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	53	53	470
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	53	53	246
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	53	53	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	53	53	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	53	53	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	53	53	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	53	53	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	53	53	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	53	53	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	53	53	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	53	53	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	53	53	285
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	53	53	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	53	53	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	53	53	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	53	53	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	53	53	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	53	53	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	53	53	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	53	53	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	53	53	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	53	53	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	53	53	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	53	53	469
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	53	53	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	53	53	5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	53	53	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	53	53	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	53	53	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	53	53	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	53	53	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	53	53	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	53	53	2349
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	53	53	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	53	53	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	53	53	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	53	53	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	53	53	6417
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	53	53	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	53	53	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	53	53	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	53	53	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	53	53	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	53	53	2562
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	53	53	303
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	53	53	1247

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.

2 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."
	PorphCu-00090	53	53	53									Aurichalcite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Diopside, Epidote, Fluorite, Galena, Hematite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Tenorite, Tremolite	Cu	32440	Johnson Mine (Johnson Pit; Burro Pit; Climax Shaft; Johnson Camp Mine; Cyprus Johnson Deposit), Johnson Camp, Cochise District, Little Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Johnson Camp	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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