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Locality Name:
Unnamed Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Sb-Cd Prospect (Shaft; Trench; Decline Prospect), California District, Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 188402
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188402.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unnamed Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Sb-Cd Prospect (Shaft; Trench; Decline Prospect), California District, Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°56'3"N
Longitude: 109°11'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.934166666667,-109.18444444444
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: Ag Al C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteCorundumCovellite
DevillineDiasporeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Phosphohedyphane  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S0002793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)0002734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6000919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)20005509
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7000450
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)00027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6000359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)0004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS200027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl0001382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O0003531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS0004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O0002970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O000366
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS00024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)0007437
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS00062
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O300014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O0001689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)200012537
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl00071
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS200039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO200061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2000454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)0002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS00021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S130005317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO40001655


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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