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

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

mindat Locality ID: 19445
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19445.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 140
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 128

Number of Child Localities: 104
Child Localities:
Ajax Hill Area
Alkie Mine (Alkey Mine; Escapule Operator Mine)
Alpha Mine
Anchor Mine
Argenta Mine
Arizona Queen Mine (Last Chance Mine)
Arlington Mine
Blacktail Mine Group
Bonanza Mine Group (Mellgren Group; Chance Mine; Mellgren Mine; Mellgren Mine)
Brunckow Mine (Bronco Mine; Bronkow Mine; Dean Richmond Mine)
Bunker Hill Mine (Mammoth Mine; Rattlesnake Mine; Rattlesnake Deposit)
Carolina Prospect
Charleston
Cincinnati Mine
Comet & Black Eagle Mines (Comet Mine; Big Comet Mine; Little Comet Mine)
Comstock Hill
Contact Mine (Contact Deposit)
Contention-Grand Central Mine Group
Copper Blossom Mine
Cuss Mine
Defense Mine (Northwest Shaft; Northwest Mine)
Delhi Mine
Dry Hill Mine
Eagle Roost Mine
East Side Mine (East Side No. 2 Mine)
Empire Mine
Fairbank
Florida Mine Group
Franklin Mine (Franklin Claim)
Free Coinage Mine
Gallagher Vanadium & Rare Minerals Corporation Mine (Gallagher Vanadium Property; Bradsher Mine; Stella Mine; Vogel Mine; Buena Vista Mine)
Galvez Mine (Wolcott Mine)
Gilded Age Mine
Girard Mine
Grand Central South Mine
Grand Dipper Mine
Ground Hog Mine
Hamilton Mine
Hawk Eye Mine (Little Wonder Mine)
Herschel Mine
Hopeful Claim
Ingersol Mine (Bob Ingersol Mine; Ingersoll Mine; Bob Ingersoll Mine; Blue Monday Mine; Hearst-Hagen Estate)
Intervener Mine (Silver Bill Mine; Costello Claim)
Joe & Grand Central Shafts Area Dump
Joe Mine (Joe Shaft)
Junietta Mine
Lewis Springs
Little Joe Mine (Little Joe Shaft)
Luck Now Mine
Luck Sure Mine
Lucky Boy Mine
Lucky Cuss Mine (Escondido Mine; Escondido Claims; McCann Mine; Wedge Mine)
Lucky Cuss Mine Area
Manganese Silver Mine
Manila Mine
Merrimac Mine
Miami Mine
Mildred Et Al Claims
Monitor Mine
Montezuma Mine
Morning Star Mine
Mountain Maid Mine
Mustang Mine
Naumkeg Mine
Ninety-Six Mine
Old Guard Mine (Royal Guard Mine)
Omega Mine
Oregon-Prompter Mine Group
Owl's Nest Mine
Parallel Mine
Plain View Mine (Escapule Mine)
Plata Rica Claims
Plum Mine
Portland; Crescent; State Of Virginia Mines
Quartzite Mine
Rattling Boy & Sidewheel Mines (Sidewheel Mine; Rattling Boy Mine)
Red Top Mine
Revenue Mine
Rocky Bar Mine
Sailor Mine
San Pedro Mine
Silver Bar Mine
Silver Bell Mine
Silver Plume Mine (Emerald & Silver Plume Mine Group)
Silver Thread Mine
State Of Maine Mine (Sierra Minerals Management Property)
State Of Maine No. 2 Mine
Sulphuret Mine
Sunset Mine (G. Helday Mine)
Superior Mine
Survey Mine
Sydney Mine
T.E.I. Pit
Telephone Mine
Three Brothers Mine
Tombstone
Tombstone Area Dolomite Occurrence
Tombstone Extension Mines
Tombstone Limestone Occurrence
Topaz Mine
Tribute Mine
True Blue Mine
West Side Mine
Wide West Mine

Latitude: 31°41'1"N
Longitude: 110°5'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.683611111111,-110.08805555556
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 As Au Ba Bi Br C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragonite
AtacamiteBackiteBaryteBerylBournoniteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteCaledonite
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteConnelliteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDevilline
DiasporeDugganiteEpidoteEttringiteFeldsparFluoriteFornaciteGarnetGypsumGyrolite
HalotrichiteHewettiteHydrotalciteKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMixiteMolybdenite
NatrochalciteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePharmacosideritePhenakitePyritePyrochlore
PyroxeneQuartzRaspiteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSchieffeliniteSmectite-vermiculiteSpangoliteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTurquoiseVesuvianiteWavelliteWollastonite
WoodwarditeZircon

173 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Alamosite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)
Allophane  (*)Altaite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Antlerite  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Backite  (*)Bairdite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Botallackite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brackebuschite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Brookite  (*)Buttgenbachite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Calderónite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervelleite  (*)Cesbronite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Choloalite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Devilline  (*)Diaboleite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Dugganite  (*)Emmonsite  (*)Empressite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ettringite  (*)Fairbankite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fornacite  (*)
Frohbergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gartrellite  (*)Gearksutite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Gyrolite  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)
Hewettite  (*)Hillebrandite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Housleyite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Khinite  (*)Krennerite  (*)
Kuksite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Mackayite  (*)
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Manjiroite  (*)
Mckinstryite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdofornacite  (*)
Montanite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Mroseite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrochalcite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Oboyerite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)Ottoite  (*)Paratellurite  (*)Periclase  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Queitite  (*)
Quetzalcoatlite  (*)Raspite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rickardite  (*)Rodalquilarite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)Schieffelinite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sonoraite  (*)Spangolite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spiroffite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)
Tangeite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tlapallite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Utahite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Vésigniéite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Winstanleyite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xocomecatlite  (*)
Yafsoanite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S14503137426,137486,1375032793
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS14503137448,137467,137498312
Alamosite  (*)Not in a structural groupPbSiO31450113744817
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)14502137377,1374398803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1452.60706
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O14501137498470
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe14502137407,137440489
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO214503137407,137439,1374402162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)145017137378,137383,137392,137395,137419,137420,137426,137427,137440,137451,137482,137486,137488,137492,137503,137507,1375102734
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)145011374481036
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)414502137426,137451246
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)614502137426,13745158
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6145011375102060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)614503137426,137502,137515919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)1452.6071
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)214506137419,137448,137482,137488,137492,1375035509
Backite  (*)BackitePb2AlTeO6Cl145011374071
Bairdite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb2Cu2+4Te6+2O10(OH)2(SO4)·H2O145011374074
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)145010137381,137413,137426,137427,137432,137436,137449,137451,137482,13748811547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)614502137419,137503132
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)614501137486413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71452.60450
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)383.668.4113742649
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3145011374191089
Brackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Mn3+(VO4)2(OH)83.668.42137395,13742615
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)614506137392,137395,137419,137426,137451,1375031633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr14506137420,137426,137451,137462,137486,137498227
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO214501137439700
Buttgenbachite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(NO3)2Cl8(OH)62·nH2O1450113750313
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)145018137381,137383,137392,137419,137423,137426,137427,137448,137451,137456,137482,137488,137492,137500,137503,137507,137510,13751327770
Calderónite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)1450113745129
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)614505137392,137395,137426,137451,137503359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)145015137383,137392,137395,137407,137419,137426,137439,137440,137451,137482,137486,137488,137503,137510,1375154979
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS1450113741942
Cesbronite  (*)NoneCu3Te6+O4(OH)41452.603
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S14503137419,137486,1375035707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214506137392,137395,137451,137482,137504,13751527198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl145017137392,137396,137405,137407,137419,137426,137439,137440,137448,137451,137462,137482,137485,137486,137488,137503,1375151382
Choloalite  (*)None(Pb,Ca)3(Cu,Sb)3Te6O18Cl14503137439,137486,1374957
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O145010137395,137405,137426,137451,137462,137482,137486,137488,137492,1374983531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)14502137448,1375031025
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)14501137444363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O14502137426,137503295
Copper  (*)CopperCu14502137426,1375033846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1814502137487,1375151008
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)414501137464175
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1614501137451227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS14503137392,137426,1374514165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1614503137451,137498,137510599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O145011375032970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)14506137426,137448,137451,137492,137503,137507378
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O83.668.41137426366
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)483.668.4113742657
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6145011374024135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)214502137506,1375109895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)14501137486220
Dugganite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3(TeO6)(AsO4)214504137419,137440,137462,13748618
Emmonsite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Te4+O3)3·2H2O14507137407,137419,137439,137440,137486,137498,13750334
Empressite  (*)NoneAgTe1450113744043
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1452.608173
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O1450113744893
Fairbankite  (*)NonePb2+12(Te4+O3)11(SO4)145011374071
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS414502137437,137503163
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF214508137419,137426,137432,137443,137451,137487,137503,1375159617
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)83.668.4113742685
Frohbergite  (*)MarcasiteFeTe21450113744040
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS145024137378,137383,137392,137395,137405,137407,137410,137419,137420,137426,137435,137438,137439,137451,137470,137482,137486,137488,137492,137499,137507,137508,137510,13751524243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O1450113748641
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O14502137426,13745168
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)14504137392,137426,137440,1374517437
Gold  (*)CopperAu145021137392,137405,137406,137407,137408,137410,137411,137419,137426,137435,137439,137440,137448,137451,137462,137486,137495,137503,137504,137513,13751530554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S131450113744872
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3145011374021544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O83.668.411374266890
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O14501137448142
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1452.60409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3145013137381,137383,137392,137426,137427,137449,137451,137482,137488,137492,137503,137507,13751014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O145010137383,137419,137426,137427,137451,137502,137503,137507,137510,1375151689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te14503137406,137440,137515804
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O41450113744873
Hewettite  (*)HewettiteCaV5+6O16·9H2O83.668.4113742658
Hillebrandite  (*)NoneCa2SiO3(OH)21450113744817
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O14501137451144
Housleyite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb6CuTe4O18(OH)214502137419,1374865
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61450113749865
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6145011375021066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6145014137392,137395,137407,137419,137426,137427,137439,137440,137451,137482,137486,137498,137503,1375072228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)414503137381,137503,1375075591
Khinite  (*)NoneCu2+3PbTe6+O6(OH)214503137419,137449,13746214
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe814501137440111
Kuksite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3TeO6(PO4)2145011374866
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)83.668.4113742697
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)214505137392,137395,137426,137451,137503265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)214507137392,137395,137410,137426,137451,137486,137503987
Mackayite  (*)NoneFe3+Te4+2O5(OH)1450113750312
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21452.60238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41450113737714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2145012137392,137395,137419,137426,137427,137451,137482,137486,137488,137492,137503,13751512537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)14503137426,137448,137451770
Manjiroite  (*)CoronaditeNa(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1614502137468,13749822
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S41452.6051
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl14509137392,137395,137426,137451,137482,137492,137503,137510,1375151107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O14501137444168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2766611375135800
Molybdofornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)83.6663137395,137419,13749817
Montanite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te6+O6·nH2O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)1450113744422
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)14502137448,137503153
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)14507137383,137395,137426,137448,137451,137492,137503362
Mroseite  (*)NoneCaTe4+O2(CO3)145011374953
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)283.668.4113742617380
Natrochalcite  (*)NatrochalciteNaCu2(SO4)2(OH)·H2O145011374196
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O145011374481236
Oboyerite  (*)NoneH6Pb6(Te4+O3)3(Te6+O6)2·2H2O14504137407,137439,137495,1375034
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)14502137395,137464492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O14507137405,137407,137426,137439,137440,137448,1374562994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)145011373772349
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)61450113748664
Ottoite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb2TeO514502137407,1374405
Paratellurite  (*)RutileTeO21450113744020
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO1452.60114
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O14501137451428
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl14503137426,137451,13751071
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O614501137447303
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO283.668.41137395158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)614504137395,137419,137501,137503477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2145014137392,137395,137407,137419,137426,137427,137439,137440,137451,137482,137488,137492,137504,13751539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2145011137383,137393,137423,137426,137427,137448,137464,137467,137492,137496,1375073106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl14503137426,137451,1374861725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2145021137381,137383,137392,137406,137407,137419,137423,137426,137427,137439,137440,137443,137451,137456,137462,137482,137488,137492,137503,137510,13751561156
Queitite  (*)NoneZn2Pb4(Si2O7)(SiO4)(SO4)145011374487
Quetzalcoatlite  (*)NoneCu2+3Zn6Te6+2O12(OH)6·(Ag,Pb,   )Cl145011374626
Raspite  (*)RaspitePb(WO4)1450113740726
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)145011374481711
Rickardite  (*)NoneCu3-xTe214502137440,13744452
Rodalquilarite  (*)NoneH3Fe3+2(Te4+O3)4Cl14504137407,137439,137440,1374986
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)214507137383,137419,137426,137427,137503,137510,137515454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2145011374865614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O14501137503301
Schieffelinite  (*)SchieffelinitePb10Te6+6O20(OH)14(SO4)(H2O)514504137407,137439,137440,1374984
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O14502137426,137451292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)14502137392,1374406417
Silver  (*)CopperAg14507137406,137407,137419,137426,137440,137486,1374885186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)14505137419,137426,137484,137503,1375152473
Sonoraite  (*)NoneFe3+(Te4+O3)(OH)·H2O14504137439,137440,137486,13750311
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O1452.60105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14504137426,137487,137490,13751521482
Spiroffite  (*)NoneMn2+2Te4+3O8145011374404
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS14502137419,137503332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS14503137399,137419,1374202045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)283.668.411374263337
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)83.668.4113742660
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe14501137503190
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO14502137395,1374621101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1314503137437,137448,1375035317
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O14502137448,137503183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1452.604899
Tlapallite  (*)None(Ca,Pb)3CaCu6[Te4+3Te6+O12]2(Te4+O3)2(SO4)2·3H2O14502137448,1374625
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)214502137426,1375032562
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O14502137486,137515484
Utahite  (*)NoneMgCu2+4Zn2Te6+3O14(OH)4·6H2O145011374194
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl14508137392,137395,137426,137451,137482,137488,137507,137513605
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)283.668.4113742646
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1014504137402,137447,137448,1375031395
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O14502137426,137486374
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO414503137419,137503,137515303
Winstanleyite  (*)NoneTiTe4+3O8145011374072
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO314502137487,1375151247
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)14502137426,13745157
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO483.66616137392,137395,137405,137419,137426,137451,137482,137485,137486,137487,137488,137492,137503,137507,137510,1375151655
Xocomecatlite  (*)NoneCu3(Te6+O4)(OH)414502137462,13748610
Yafsoanite  (*)GarnetCa3Te6+2(ZnO4)3145011374194
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1452.605251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1452.601025


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.


9 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."
EG94_211-000557676 Pb-Pb whole rock?T11    19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstoneBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000567676 Pb-Pb whole rock?T21    19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstoneBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-000577272 Pb-Pb whole rock?T32    19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstoneBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
EG94_211-00058666666Pb-Pb whole rock?T44    19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstoneBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_211 
Mo-001807666 U-Th-Pb?, Pb-Pb?     Molybdofornacite, WulfeniteMo19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstone VolcanicsBouse et al. (1999)10.2113/gsecongeo.94.2.211EG94_21176-66 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-004971452.6Cretaceous–Tertiary        19445Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USATombstoneSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
NAVDAT-3005983.668.476±7.6   30059    46387Charleston, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 
NAVDAT-3006083.668.476±7.6   30060    32960Gallagher 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 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130126Grand Central Mine, Contention-Grand Central Mine Group, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130126
R130514Grand Central Mine, Contention-Grand Central Mine Group, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130514
R060498Empire Mine, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060498
R080124Empire Mine, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R080124
R060986Tombstone, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060986
R130549Tombstone, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130549
R070745Tombstone, Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070745

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