Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corporation Mine (Gallagher Vanadium Property; Bradsher Mine; Stella Mine; Vogel Mine; Buena Vista Mine), Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 32960
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32960.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corporation Mine (Gallagher Vanadium Property; Bradsher Mine; Stella Mine; Vogel Mine; Buena Vista Mine), Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°38'45"N
Longitude: 110°8'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.645833333333,-110.14805555556

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	Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte
Brackebuschite	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Clay	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite
Devilline	Diaspore	Fluorite	Fornacite	Gypsum	Hewettite	Hydrotalcite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Talc
Wavellite	Woodwardite

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 Ba Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Br C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte
Brackebuschite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Clay Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite
Devilline Diaspore Fluorite Fornacite Gypsum Hewettite Hydrotalcite Linarite Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Talc
Wavellite Woodwardite

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Baryte ()*	Botallackite ()*	Brackebuschite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Devilline ()*
Diaboleite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fornacite ()*	Galena ()*	Gearksutite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hewettite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Phosphohedyphane ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tangeite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vanadinite ()*
Vésigniéite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Woodwardite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	83.6	68.4	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	83.6	68.4	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	83.6	68.4	246
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	83.6	68.4	58
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	83.6	68.4	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	83.6	68.4	11547
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	83.6	68.4	49
Brackebuschite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Mn³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)	83.6	68.4	15
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	83.6	68.4	1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	83.6	68.4	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	83.6	68.4	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	83.6	68.4	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	83.6	68.4	4979
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	83.6	68.4	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	83.6	68.4	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	83.6	68.4	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	83.6	68.4	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	83.6	68.4	4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	83.6	68.4	378
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	83.6	68.4	366
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄	83.6	68.4	57
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	83.6	68.4	9617
Fornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	83.6	68.4	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	83.6	68.4	24243
Gearksutite ()*	None	CaAlF₄(OH)·H₂O	83.6	68.4	68
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	83.6	68.4	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	83.6	68.4	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	83.6	68.4	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	83.6	68.4	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	83.6	68.4	1689
Hewettite ()*	Hewettite	CaV⁵⁺₆O₁₆·9H₂O	83.6	68.4	58
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	83.6	68.4	2228
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	83.6	68.4	97
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	83.6	68.4	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	83.6	68.4	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	83.6	68.4	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	83.6	68.4	770
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	83.6	68.4	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	83.6	68.4	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	83.6	68.4	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	83.6	68.4	2994
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl	83.6	68.4	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	83.6	68.4	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	83.6	68.4	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	83.6	68.4	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	83.6	68.4	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	83.6	68.4	454
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	83.6	68.4	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	83.6	68.4	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	83.6	68.4	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	83.6	68.4	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	83.6	68.4	3337
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)	83.6	68.4	60
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	83.6	68.4	2562
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	83.6	68.4	605
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	83.6	68.4	46
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	83.6	68.4	374
Woodwardite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	83.6	68.4	57
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	83.6	68.4	1655

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.

8 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	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."
EG94_211-00055	76	76		Pb-Pb			whole rock?	T11	Yes			19445	Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Tombstone	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00056	76	76		Pb-Pb			whole rock?	T21	Yes			19445	Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Tombstone	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00057	72	72		Pb-Pb			whole rock?	T32	Yes			19445	Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Tombstone	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
EG94_211-00058	66	66	66	Pb-Pb			whole rock?	T44	Yes			19445	Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Tombstone	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211
Mo-00180	76	66		U-Th-Pb?, Pb-Pb?					Yes	Molybdofornacite, Wulfenite	Mo	19445	Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Tombstone Volcanics	Bouse et al. (1999)	10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211	EG94_211	76-66 Ma is the age range of volcanics at Tombstone including Bronco Volcanics (76 Ma), Schieffelin Granodiorite (76 Ma), Rhyodacite stock (72 Ma), and Tombstone Rhyolite (66 Ma).
sedznpb-00497	145	2.6	Cretaceous–Tertiary						Yes			19445	Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Tombstone	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
NAVDAT-30060	83.6	68.4	76±7.6					30060				32960	Gallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corporation Mine (Gallagher Vanadium Property; Bradsher Mine; Stella Mine; Vogel Mine; Buena Vista Mine), Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

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