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Locality Name:
Costello Mine Group (Costello Claims), Courtland, Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 303718
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303718.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Costello Mine Group (Costello Claims), Courtland, Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Casey Mine
Cyclone Mine
Mona Mine

Latitude: 31°46'33"N
Longitude: 109°48'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.775833333333,-109.81527777778
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 Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)202011368812734
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)202011368814979
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O20202136880,1368823531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O202011368802970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2020113688124243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22020113688012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22020113688139462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2020113688121482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO202011368821101


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."
UBCMDRUSP2_1_Copper_Belle01202200.6201.3±0.7     Yes  3316Turquoise District (Courtland-Gleeson District), Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USACourland Gleeson areaLang (2001) UBCMDRUSP2_1 

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