Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Teviston District, Dos Cabezas Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1870
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 31281
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31281.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Teviston District, Dos Cabezas Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 39
Child Localities:
Apache Pass
Austin Mine (Austin Claim; Chance No. 7 Claim; Chance No. 8 Claim)
Beryl Hill And Live Oak Prospects
Buckeye Canyon Prospect
Casey Copper Prospect
Comstock Lode Mine (Cohen Mine; Cohen Tungsten Mine; Adams Mine)
Cowboy Mine
Dos Cabezas Northwest Flank
Gold Farm Mine (Gold Farm Claim)
Gold Gulch Placers (Inspiration Placers; Teviston Placers)
Golden Eagle Mine (Carleton Mine)
Government Peak
Happy Hooligan Mine
Hillside Mine
Hollyhawk Mine
Howell Mine (Grace E Mine; Lowwill Mine; Red Jacket ?)
Luzena
Paronazzo & Pentelicus Quarries (Pavonazzo And Pentelicus Quarries)
Ram Claims
Rattler Group
Rough Claims (Rough No. 1 And No. 2 Claims)
Rough Mountain (USGS Bull. 1676 Site 22; Rough Mountain Quartz Vein)
Silver Bell Prospect (Silver Bell Claims; Ella Shaft)
Smoot Prospect (Radcliff Prospect)
Speaks Mine
Sunrise Prospect
Tennessee And Arizona Property
Topaz Prospect
Typest Group
Unnamed Adit (USGS Bull. 1676 Locality 37)
Unnamed Adit (USGS Bull. 1676 Locality 38)
Unnamed Cu-Pb-U Mine
Unnamed Gypsum Deposit (1)
Unnamed Prospect (USGS Bull. 1676 Locality 3)
Unnamed Prospect (USGS Bull. Locality 35)
Uranium Hill Prospect (Uranium Hill Claims)
Valley View Claims
Virginia Hill (USGS Bull. 1676 Locality 15)
Yeakley Mine

Latitude: 32°14'6"N
Longitude: 109°34'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.235,-109.58277777778

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Baryte	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Wollastonite

Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Au Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Baryte Beryl Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Epidote Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Wollastonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0	0	1	136740	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0	0	1	136740	2734
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1870	1530	1	136756	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0	0	1	136780	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0	0	1	136746	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0	0	1	136780	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1870	0	7	136740,136745,136748,136756,136768,136769,136780	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0	0	1	136740	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1870	0	2	136756,136765	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0	0	2	136747,136782	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1870	0	12	136745,136749,136751,136752,136756,136760,136763,136769,136776,136777,136781,136784	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0	0	3	136740,136753,136772	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0	0	1	136779	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0	0	2	136740,136763	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0	0	1	136740	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0	0	2	136740,136780	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0	0	1	136769	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1870	0	13	136741,136745,136751,136752,136756,136760,136763,136768,136769,136776,136777,136781,136784	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0	0	2	136740,136749	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1870	0	7	136745,136749,136751,136756,136765,136767,136769	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1870	0	6	136740,136745,136752,136756,136769,136777	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	0	0	1	136751	156
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0	0	1	136769	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0	0	1	136769	1247

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.

2 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."
	NAVDAT-30023	1870	1530	1700±170					30023						32857	Silver Strike Mine (Silverstrike Mine; Devonian Group; Cawood Mine; Tennessee Shaft), Government Peak, Teviston District, Dos Cabezas Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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