Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Middle Pass District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 31225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31225.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Middle Pass District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 62
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 44
Child Localities:
Arizona Group
Black Diamond Mine (Englander Mine; Black Diamond Claim)
Black Diamond Peak
Burrito De Fierro Mine (Ligier Mine; Perevill & Danvers Mine)
Christmas Mine (Dragoon Mine; Christmas Prospect)
Cobre Loma Mine (Cobre Loma Prospect; Cobre Loma Pit)
Cochise Stronghold
Cochise Stronghold Area
Dragoon Pass
Ella Prospect
Emma Adit (Coronado NF Dragoon Unit)
Escapule Mine Group (Escapule Mine; Joe Escapule Mine; Moonlight Group; Northside Group; Garnet Group; Arizona Group)
Gordon Camp
Gordon Spring Prospects
Grant Group
Lloyd And Laverns Prospect
Loma Linda Mine (Loma Linda Pit)
Lulty Prospect
McDaniel's Cut Prospect
Middlemarch Canyon
Middlemarch Mine (Missouri Mine; Missouri Shaft; Morning Glory Shaft)
Middlemarch Pass
Middlemarch Pass Area
Muheim Mine (Zinc Basin Mine; White Metal Mine; White Tail Mine; Grant Group)
Naoe Claims (Fourr Claims; Good Hope Mine; Barnes Mine)
Pittsburgh And Manhattan Patents
Rainbow Mine
Sorin Camp Mine
St. Francis Mine (Granite Bluff Claims; Coronado Marble Co. Property)
The Pit Prospect
Unnamed Adit
Unnamed Ag Prospect
Unnamed Cu-Ag Prospect
Unnamed Cu-Zn-Au-As Prospect
Unnamed Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag Prospect
Unnamed Zn Prospect (1)
Unnamed Zn Prospect (2)
Unnamed Zn Prospect (3)
Unnamed Zn Prospect (4)
Unnamed Zn Prospect/adit
Unnamed Zn-Au-Ag Prospect
Unnamed Zn-Cu Prospect (3)
Unnamed Zn-Cu Prospect [1]
Unnamed Zn-Cu-Ag Prospect

Latitude: 31°53'20"N
Longitude: 109°58'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.888888888889,-109.96805555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Brochantite
Calcite	Caledonite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Ilvaite	Kobellite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite
Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Se Si Ti V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Brochantite
Calcite Caledonite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Devilline Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Ilvaite Kobellite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Serpentine Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite
Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

76 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Allophane ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Eclarite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Leadhillite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marialite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Powellite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Willemite ()*	Wittite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	136807,136809,136830	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	136811	3419
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	136809	470
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3	136811,136831,136842	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	5	136809,136810,136830,136832,136847	2734
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	136842	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	3	136809,136810,136830	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	6	136809,136810,136811,136843,136853,136866	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	136809,136810,136844	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	136815,136819,136832	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	136807,136812,136813,136837	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	136811	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	136809,136810,136811,136813,136815,136822,136830,136832,136843,136856	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	2	136809,136811	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	6	136809,136811,136812,136830,136832,136842	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	136842	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	136842	5707
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	2	136840,136843	40
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	14	136807,136809,136810,136811,136812,136813,136815,136828,136830,136832,136837,136842,136843,136853	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	2	136809,136842	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	136830	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	136811,136866	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	136815	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	136853	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	136810,136818,136820,136842	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	136809,136842,136843	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	6	136811,136813,136815,136818,136820,136853	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	136809	9895
Eclarite ()*	Kobellite	(Cu,Fe)Pb₉Bi₁₂S₂₈	2	136815,136831	18
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	9	136811,136813,136815,136832,136841,136842,136843,136853,136856	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	136815	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	136810,136816,136832,136844	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	11	136807,136809,136810,136812,136815,136828,136830,136832,136835,136842,136853	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	5	136809,136811,136822,136830,136842	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	136832	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	5	136810,136813,136842,136846,136856	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	136809,136832,136842,136853	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	3	136831,136832,136844	741
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	3	136815,136832,136856	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	11	136807,136809,136811,136815,136830,136831,136832,136835,136842,136853,136866	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	3	136830,136832,136847	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	4	136809,136810,136832,136842	1066
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	2	136807,136844	197
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	136842	2228
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	136830	265
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	136807,136811,136813,136816,136831	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	9	136809,136811,136812,136830,136842,136843,136853,136856,136866	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	136820	139
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	136816	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	136811,136815	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	136809,136811,136841	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3	136809,136832,136856	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	136811,136841	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	136842	2273
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	2	136810,136832	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	136842	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	11	136807,136809,136810,136811,136813,136830,136832,136842,136843,136853,136856	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	136809,136842	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	136809,136810,136811,136822,136830,136832,136843,136853,136866	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	136809,136830,136842	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	136816	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	136810,136811,136842	4894
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	2	136832,136842	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	136830	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	6	136809,136810,136832,136842,136853,136866	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	13	136809,136810,136813,136815,136828,136830,136832,136835,136837,136842,136843,136844,136853	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	136816	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	136811,136813	2562
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	136828	605
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	136818,136820	1395
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	136830	303
Wittite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀(S,Se)₂₃	2	136840,136846	15
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	5	136810,136813,136815,136830,136842	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	136828,136832	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	136816	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	136841	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_554	Near-surface occurrence. Recently forming oxalate associated with cave deposits, in Cochise County, Arizona.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_554	0	0	Recent		Age of whewellite mineralization	high				Yes		Whewellite		15570	Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	Cochise County	Hofmann and Bernasconi (1998)	10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00043-6	CG149_127	Described as "recent cave deposits."

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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