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Locality Name:
Whetstone Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 74
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 33615
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33615.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whetstone Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Whetstone District

Latitude: 31°48'54"N
Longitude: 110°23'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.815,-110.39916666667
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na O P S Si U V W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorrensiteCorundumFluoriteGypsum
MicaNonePyriteQuartzScheeliteSmectite-vermiculite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brushite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nitrocalcite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rectorite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)0011375323250
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O0011375441272
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS474742137524,1375465516
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O001137532104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)002137532,13754327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS274742137541,13754627198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)20011375439895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2002137539,1375429617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O006137532,137543,137551,137552,137553,1375636890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O300113753214640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH001137532367
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2003137524,137529,13753217380
Nitrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(NO3)2·4H2O00113753246
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O001137532471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2003137524,137529,13754139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2005137524,137532,137539,137540,13754361156
Rectorite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Na,Ca)Al4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·2H2O00113753249
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)004137524,137528,137531,1375604894
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O001137544628


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.


2 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."
PorphCu-00091747474       Cu33219Two Peaks Mine (Noriega Mine; Black Oak Mine; Buck Mine; Boot Jack Mine), Whetstone District, Whetstone Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATwo PeaksSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060110James Mine (Nunnelley Mine; Ricky Dale Mine; San Juan Mine), Whetstone District, Whetstone Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060110

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