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Locality Name:
Manila Mine, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 51686
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51686.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manila Mine, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°38'20"N
Longitude: 110°9'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.638888888889,-110.15916666667

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brackebuschite	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Devilline	Diaspore	Fluorite	Hydrotalcite
Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Woodwardite

Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Argentojarosite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*
Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calderónite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Descloizite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gearksutite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hisingerite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phosphohedyphane ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Serpierite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Woodwardite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K 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 Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brackebuschite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Descloizite Devilline Diaspore Fluorite Hydrotalcite
Kaolinite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Woodwardite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	145	0	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	145	0	246
Argentojarosite ()*	Alunite	AgFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	145	0	58
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	0	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	145	0	1633
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	145	0	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	0	27770
Calderónite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Fe³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)	145	0	29
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	145	0	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	145	0	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	0	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	145	0	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	145	0	3531
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	145	0	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	145	0	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	145	0	599
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	145	0	378
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	145	0	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	0	24243
Gearksutite ()*	None	CaAlF₄(OH)·H₂O	145	0	68
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	145	0	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	0	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	0	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	145	0	1689
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	145	0	144
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	145	0	2228
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	145	0	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	145	0	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	0	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	145	0	770
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	145	0	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	145	0	362
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	145	0	428
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl	145	0	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	0	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	145	0	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	0	61156
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	145	0	292
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	145	0	605
Woodwardite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	145	0	57
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	76	66	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.

7 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

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