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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 202
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 22835
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22835.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 252
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 204

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bluebird District
Dragoon District
Dragoon District (Golden Rule District)
Dragoon Mountains Prospect
Dragoon Quadrangle
Johnnie Boy No. 1 Claim
Middle Pass District
Red Cloud Peak
Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District)

Latitude: 31°55'21"N
Longitude: 109°58'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.9225,-109.97277777778
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 B Ba Be Bi Br C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Se Si Sr Ti U V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mn O W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAcetateAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragonite
BaryteBerylBrauniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopiapiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichite
DanburiteDescloiziteDevillineDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumHydrotalcite
IlvaiteKaoliniteKobelliteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeta-autuniteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePhenakitePlancheitePrehnitePyritePyrophyllite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScapoliteScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSpangolite
SphaleriteSpinelTalcTitaniteTurquoiseVesuvianiteWollastoniteWoodwarditeWurtziteZircon

127 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Allophane  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Aurorite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Celadonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Copper  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crednerite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cyanotrichite  (*)Danburite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Eclarite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucocerinite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hoganite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Marialite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pecoraite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Plancheite  (*)
Plattnerite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Reevesite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sauconite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Shattuckite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Willemite  (*)Wittite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S20204136807,136809,136830,1369482793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)220202136811,1368783419
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O20207136809,136878,136884,136888,136889,136923,136926470
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3202200.64136811,136831,136842,1368691534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)202012136797,136809,136810,136830,136832,136847,136881,136897,136899,136906,136909,1369502734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)20205136869,136897,136899,136906,1369093250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O60011368422060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6202011136809,136810,136830,136869,136878,136897,136899,136902,136906,136909,136923919
Aurorite  (*)NoneMn2+Mn4+3O7·3H2O2020113689722
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2202014136809,136810,136811,136843,136853,136866,136878,136888,136889,136899,136906,136909,136923,1369265509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)20205136804,136809,136810,136844,13687811547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18004136788,136815,136819,1368324286
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O20202136887,136890178
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4202013136797,136807,136812,136813,136837,136894,136902,136908,136914,136920,136927,136929,1369375516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)20201136923483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)620203136811,136878,1369231633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr76.172.11136797227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)202023136797,136809,136810,136811,136813,136815,136822,136830,136832,136843,136856,136869,136878,136884,136885,136891,136897,136899,136906,136909,136923,136926,13695027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6002136809,136811359
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2001136802309
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)202013136797,136809,136811,136812,136830,136832,136842,136869,136881,136897,136899,136906,1369364979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O001136842925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O20202136878,13692391
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S20207136842,136869,136915,136920,136924,136929,1369405707
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O002136840,13684340
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O20202136878,136923197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2202033136797,136807,136809,136810,136811,136812,136813,136815,136828,136830,136832,136837,136842,136843,136853,136869,136875,136878,136894,136899,136902,136906,136908,136909,136910,136915,136920,136924,136927,136929,136937,136940,13694827198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8002136809,136842577
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl20209136830,136869,136878,136897,136899,136906,136909,136923,1369481382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O202017136811,136866,136870,136878,136880,136882,136884,136885,136888,136889,136891,136897,136899,136910,136923,136926,1369313531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)420202136815,136878951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)80011368531756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)004136810,136818,136820,1368421025
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)20201136884363
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O20201136878382
Copper  (*)CopperCu20204136869,136878,136914,1369233846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1620202136897,136899227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS20208136797,136809,136842,136843,136878,136889,136923,1369484165
Crednerite  (*)NoneCuMnO22020113692335
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O20209136869,136870,136878,136880,136891,136923,136926,136931,1369372970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)220202136878,136923179
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O820201136928148
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O220201136878144
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)20201136897378
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O620207136811,136813,136815,136818,136820,136853,1368784135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)220204136797,136809,136878,1369069895
Eclarite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)Pb9Bi12S28002136815,13683118
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)202011136811,136813,136815,136832,136841,136842,136843,136853,136856,136869,1369288173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O001136815345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2202010136788,136790,136792,136800,136810,136816,136832,136844,136878,1369109617
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)420202136897,13689949
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS202024136797,136799,136807,136809,136810,136812,136815,136828,136830,136832,136835,136842,136853,136869,136878,136881,136894,136895,136899,136903,136906,136909,136937,13694224243
Glaucocerinite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)20202136878,13692320
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)202013136793,136809,136811,136822,136830,136842,136871,136876,136878,136910,136923,136926,1369487437
Gold  (*)CopperAu20209136797,136869,136884,136900,136903,136905,136910,136948,13695030554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS001136832717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3005136810,136813,136842,136846,1368561544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O20207136809,136832,136842,136853,136878,136923,1369376890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS76.10113679662
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6003136831,136832,136844741
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S003136815,136832,136856237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3202027136797,136807,136809,136811,136815,136830,136831,136832,136835,136842,136853,136866,136878,136884,136885,136888,136889,136891,136897,136899,136903,136906,136909,136910,136926,136948,13695014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O20208136830,136832,136847,136878,136897,136899,136906,1369091689
Hoganite  (*)AcetateCu(CH3COO)2·H2O0011368764
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)20272.10469
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6004136809,136810,136832,1368421066
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)002136807,136844197
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6202011136797,136842,136868,136869,136878,136897,136899,136906,136909,136910,1369482228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)420206136797,136897,136899,136906,136909,1369505591
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2001136830265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)20201136878581
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)20202136878,136923234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)220202136797,136923987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420206136807,136811,136813,136816,136831,13690514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2202026136797,136809,136811,136812,136830,136842,136843,136853,136856,136866,136870,136878,136880,136884,136885,136888,136889,136891,136897,136899,136906,136909,136910,136923,136926,13693112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2202011368785674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl001136820139
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O20201136878915
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O202200.61136869388
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0011368164924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl202011368971107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2002136811,1368155800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)20201136910362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)276.104136797,136809,136811,13684117380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O20205136809,136832,136856,136878,1369232994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)002136811,1368412349
Pecoraite  (*)Clay SerpentineNi3Si2O5(OH)42020113687140
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O20201136878428
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)20011368422273
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O76.172.1113679774
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO220203136897,136899,136909158
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)002136810,136832494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)20011368421898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2202034136797,136799,136807,136809,136810,136811,136813,136830,136832,136842,136843,136853,136856,136878,136881,136888,136889,136894,136899,136906,136908,136909,136915,136916,136917,136920,136921,136922,136923,136924,136929,136931,136940,13694839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO220204136875,136899,136906,1369093106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)220201136878771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8002136809,1368429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2202023136793,136797,136809,136810,136811,136822,136830,136832,136843,136853,136866,136878,136884,136885,136888,136889,136897,136905,136906,136910,136923,136948,13695061156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O20202136876,136878177
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O2020113687148
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2202011136809,136830,136842,136878,136892,136897,136899,136902,136904,136906,136923454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO20011368165614
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O20202136897,13689956
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)003136810,136811,1368424894
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O002136832,136842292
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)22020113691071
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)202011368786417
Silver  (*)CopperAg20202136830,1369035186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)202014136809,136810,136832,136842,136853,136866,136878,136897,136899,136902,136904,136906,136909,1369232473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O20201136923105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS202020136796,136797,136799,136809,136810,136813,136815,136828,136830,136832,136835,136837,136842,136843,136844,136853,136869,136878,136881,13689421482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)001136788156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)220202136878,1369233337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO20205136882,136897,136899,136909,1369231101
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O0011368164899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O20202136887,136890433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2002136811,1368132562
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O20205136869,136878,136901,136941,136943484
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl001136828605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10002136818,1368201395
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO420204136830,136896,136897,136910303
Wittite  (*)NonePb8Bi10(S,Se)23002136840,13684615
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3005136810,136813,136815,136830,1368421247
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)20202136878,13692357
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4202011136828,136832,136896,136897,136899,136902,136906,136909,136910,136948,1369501655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)0011368165251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0011368411025


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.


3 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."
Giersdorf_0000035076.172.174.1±2K-Ar  UAKA-74-24    32719Golden Rule Mine (Old Terrible Mine; Golden Eagle Mine; Santa Lucia Mine), Dragoon District (Golden Rule District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAGolden Rule MineShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 
UBCMDRUSP2_1_Copper_Belle01202200.6201.3±0.7        3316Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USACourland Gleeson areaLang (2001) UBCMDRUSP2_1 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R110090Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R110090

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