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Locality Name:
Unnamed Prospects, Juniper Flats, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 299753
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299753.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unnamed Prospects, Juniper Flats, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°28'3"N
Longitude: 109°56'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.4675,-109.93777777778

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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteApatiteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeLazulite
LinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSphalerite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorzalite  (*)
Shattuckite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)0002734
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3000544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)20005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)00011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS40005516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)60001633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S0005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS200027198
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)000363
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16000300
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)0007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu00030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O300014640
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2000987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)200012537
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6000158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS200039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl0001725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO200061156
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)200060
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)200071
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS00021482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S2800073
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S800070



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.


1 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."


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