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Locality Name:
Carr Canyon, Hartford District (Huachuca Mountains District), Huachuca Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 274905
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274905.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carr Canyon, Hartford District (Huachuca Mountains District), Huachuca Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Reef Mine (Tungsten Reef Mine; Exposed Reef Mine; Sitric Mine; Reef Group Of Claims)

Latitude: 31°25'37"N
Longitude: 110°17'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.426944444444,-110.2875
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 Br C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mn O P Pb S Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDugganiteFluoriteLinariteMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRaspiteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteWurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Burckhardtite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dugganite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Khinite  (*)Kuksite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mcalpineite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Otavite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Raspite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S48.846.811369852793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)48.846.811369852734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)648.846.81136985919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)248.846.811369855509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)48.846.8113698511547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)648.846.811369851633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr48.846.81136985227
Burckhardtite  (*)NonePb2(Fe3+Te6+)(AlSi3O8)O648.846.811369854
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)48.846.811369854979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS248.846.8113698527198
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)648.846.81136985151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS48.846.811369854165
Dugganite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3(TeO6)(AsO4)248.846.8113698518
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF248.846.811369859617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS48.846.8113698524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)48.846.811369857437
Gold  (*)CopperAu48.846.8113698530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O348.846.8113698514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O48.846.811369851689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te48.846.81136985804
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)48.846.81136985469
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI48.846.81136985180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)648.846.811369852228
Khinite  (*)NoneCu2+3PbTe6+O6(OH)248.846.8113698514
Kuksite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3TeO6(PO4)248.846.811369856
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)248.846.81136985987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)248.846.8113698512537
Mcalpineite  (*)NoneCu3Te6+O648.846.8113698512
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)248.846.8113698517380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O48.846.811369852994
Otavite  (*)CalciteCd(CO3)48.846.8113698525
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl48.846.8113698571
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)648.846.81136985170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS248.846.8113698539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl48.846.811369851725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO248.846.8113698561156
Raspite  (*)RaspitePb(WO4)48.846.8113698526
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)248.846.81136985454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)48.846.811369854894
Silver  (*)CopperAg48.846.811369855186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)48.846.811369852473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS48.846.8113698521482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)48.846.81136985156


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."
Giersdorf_0000037548.846.847.8±1.0K-Ar  UAKA-75-115    32763Reef Mine (Tungsten Reef Mine; Exposed Reef Mine; Sitric Mine; Reef Group Of Claims), Carr Canyon, Hartford District (Huachuca Mountains District), Huachuca Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAReef MineShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
X060016Reef Mine (Tungsten Reef Mine; Exposed Reef Mine; Sitric Mine; Reef Group Of Claims), Carr Canyon, Hartford District (Huachuca Mountains District), Huachuca Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/X060016
R130615Reef Mine (Tungsten Reef Mine; Exposed Reef Mine; Sitric Mine; Reef Group Of Claims), Carr Canyon, Hartford District (Huachuca Mountains District), Huachuca Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130615

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