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Locality Name:
Lavender Open Pit Mine (Lavender Pit), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 200.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 3304
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3304.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lavender Open Pit Mine (Lavender Pit), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°25'54"N
Longitude: 109°53'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.431666666667,-109.89833333333

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	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Liroconite	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite
Turquoise	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Dickite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Liroconite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Turquoise ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Cyanotrichite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Kaolinite Kieserite Liroconite Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite
Turquoise Wurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	200.7	197.3	966
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	200.7	197.3	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	200.7	197.3	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	200.7	197.3	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	200.7	197.3	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	200.7	197.3	27770
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	200.7	197.3	88
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	200.7	197.3	925
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	200.7	197.3	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	200.7	197.3	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	200.7	197.3	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	200.7	197.3	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	200.7	197.3	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	200.7	197.3	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	200.7	197.3	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	200.7	197.3	651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	200.7	197.3	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	200.7	197.3	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	200.7	197.3	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	200.7	197.3	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	200.7	197.3	504
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	200.7	197.3	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	200.7	197.3	5591
Liroconite ()*	Liroconite	Cu₂Al(AsO₄)(OH)₄·4H₂O	200.7	197.3	18
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	200.7	197.3	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	200.7	197.3	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	200.7	197.3	17380
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	200.7	197.3	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	200.7	197.3	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	200.7	197.3	771
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	200.7	197.3	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	200.7	197.3	332
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	200.7	197.3	2045
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	200.7	197.3	139
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	200.7	197.3	5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	200.7	197.3	484

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.

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Age from other Locality	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."
Hg-00031	163	163	163	?-?			Yes	Cinnabar, Eugenite, Velikite	Hg	3296	Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA		Lowell (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.5.601	EG69_601
Mo-00052	163	163	163	?-?			Yes	Ferrimolybdite, Powellite, Wulfenite	Mo	3296	Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA		Lowell (1974)	10.2113/gsecongeo.69.5.601	EG69_601
PorphCu-00009	180	180	180				Yes	Alunite, Bornite, Brochantite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Diaspore, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrophyllite, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite	Cu	188011	Cochise Project (East Lavender Ore Body), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Bisbee	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
UBCMDRUSP2_1_Bisbee01	200.7	199.1	199.9±0.8		initial intrusion related to mineralization					3304	Lavender Open Pit Mine (Lavender Pit), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Bisbee area	Lang (2001)		UBCMDRUSP2_1
UBCMDRUSP2_1_Bisbee02	200.5	197.3	198.9±1.6		not thought to be the source of mineralization					3304	Lavender Open Pit Mine (Lavender Pit), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Bisbee area	Lang (2001)		UBCMDRUSP2_1
sedznpb-00447	180	180	180				Yes			3318	Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Bisbee	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050384	Lavender Open Pit Mine (Lavender Pit), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R050384

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