Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
California District, Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 26
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 31697
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31697.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "California District, Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 81
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 68

Number of Child Localities: 55
Child Localities:
Ajax Mine (Doran & Gallagher Mine)
Apache Chief Prospect
Badger Hall Group
Bismuth Prospect
Black Queen Mine
Blackwell Mine
Blue Mountain Mine (Doran Mine)
Blumberg Canyon
Bowie Mountain
Buckhorn Basin
Captain Burns Prospect
Carter Claim
Cashier Mine
Chiricahua Mine
Chiricahua National Monument
Clair Group Of Mines (Empire State Mine)
Cochise Head
Cochise White Marble (Cochise Marble; Whitetail Canyon)
Columbia Mine
Continental Mine
Epley Property
Galeyville
Grace Mine (Grace 1-7 Claims)
Harris Mountain Mine Group (Blue Ribbon Mine; Rimsky Mine; Harris Mine; Malachite Mine)
Hilltop Extension Mine (Lilly & Whale Groups)
Homestake Mine
Horace Mine (Douglas & Cross Mine; McClellan Mine)
Humboldt Mine (Bradshaw Arizona Mine; May Mine; Hyde & Scott Mine)
Indian Creek
Leadville Mine Group (Chamberlain & Morrow Mine)
Manhattan Mine Group
Martin Patented Claim
Morning Star Mine Group
Paradise
Pine-Zinc Mine (Pursley Mine; Pursely Mine)
Portal
Rabbit Claim Group (Dunn Springs Mine)
Round Valley Morrow Mine
Rustler Park
Savage Mine (Portal Mine)
Scanlon Mine (Scanland Mine)
Shaft/Texas Mine Group
Silver Hill Mine Group (Black Ben Mine; Manila Mine; Hall Mine Group; Scott & Crawford Mine)
Sullivan Mine Group (Crosby Mine Group; Blue Bell Mine; Copperopolis Mine)
Sunset Mine Group (Thompson Mine; Black Prince Mine; Doran Mine)
Unknown Cu Mine
Unnamed Ag-Cu-Pb Prospect (Shaft; Open Cut; Decline Prospect)
Unnamed Cu-Pb-Ag-Zn Prospects
Unnamed Cu-Zn Mine
Unnamed Cu-Zn-Pb Prospect
Unnamed Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag Prospect
Unnamed Sr Prospect (Shaft; Open Cut; Adit Prospect)
Unnamed Zn-Cu Mine Complex
Unnamed Zn-Cu Prospect (2)
Unnamed Zn-Pb-Ag-Cu-Sb-Cd Prospect (Shaft; Trench; Decline Prospect)

Latitude: 31°58'37"N
Longitude: 109°14'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.976944444444,-109.23694444444

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite
Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Cubanite	Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite
Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite
Calcite Caledonite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Cubanite Devilline Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Linarite Malachite
Minium None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wollastonite Wurtzite

67 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hawleyite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*	Opal ()*	Phosphohedyphane ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Rosasite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	26	0	3	136591,136628,136649	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	26	0	2	136629,136630	3419
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	26	0	2	136608,136629	312
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	26	0	7	136611,136621,136628,136629,136630,136645,136649	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0	0	1	136621	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	26	0	1	136629	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0	0	1	136649	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	26	0	5	136573,136628,136629,136644,136649	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	26	25	1	136628	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	0	0	1	136649	450
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0	0	4	136592,136634,136638,136645	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0	0	1	136645	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	26	0	8	136580,136608,136621,136628,136629,136632,136645,136649	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	26	0	2	136629,136649	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	26	0	5	136621,136629,136630,136645,136649	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	0	0	1	136645	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0	0	3	136592,136630,136638	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	26	0	19	136573,136577,136586,136589,136603,136604,136605,136608,136619,136621,136628,136629,136630,136634,136638,136643,136645,136648,136649	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0	0	3	136595,136602,136649	1382
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	0	0	1	136578	376
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	26	0	4	136629,136638,136644,136649	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	26	0	1	136629	951
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	26	0	4	136628,136629,136630,136645	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	26	0	1	136629	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	26	0	3	136628,136645,136649	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	26	25	1	136628	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0	0	1	136649	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	26	0	3	136628,136645,136649	366
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	26	0	3	136628,136630,136645	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	26	0	2	136628,136629	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	26	0	6	136594,136599,136621,136629,136632,136642	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	26	0	3	136610,136618,136629	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	26	0	23	136573,136577,136579,136586,136589,136591,136602,136603,136604,136605,136608,136611,136619,136621,136628,136629,136630,136632,136633,136634,136642,136645,136649	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	26	0	3	136628,136645,136649	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	26	25	1	136628	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	26	0	1	136629	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	26	0	2	136628,136629	6890
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	26	0	2	136628,136649	62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	26	0	9	136628,136629,136630,136642,136645,136646,136647,136648,136649	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	26	0	5	136621,136628,136629,136645,136649	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	26	0	3	136621,136628,136629	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	26	0	1	136629	2228
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	26	0	2	136628,136645	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	26	0	3	136587,136629,136643	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	26	0	13	136573,136604,136621,136628,136629,136630,136638,136641,136644,136645,136647,136648,136649	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	26	0	1	136629	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	26	25	1	136628	247
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0	0	1	136621	2994
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl	0	0	1	136649	71
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	0	0	1	136621	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	26	0	14	136572,136573,136582,136591,136605,136621,136628,136629,136640,136642,136645,136646,136647,136649	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	26	0	1	136629	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26	0	10	136608,136609,136618,136621,136628,136629,136630,136632,136645,136649	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0	0	1	136608	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	0	0	1	136608	969
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	26	0	5	136621,136628,136636,136645,136649	454
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0	0	1	136587	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	26	0	11	136594,136598,136599,136611,136617,136621,136622,136623,136624,136629,136636	4894
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	26	0	3	136628,136629,136645	292
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	26	0	7	136621,136628,136629,136630,136636,136645,136649	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	26	0	19	136573,136577,136579,136591,136592,136603,136604,136605,136619,136621,136628,136629,136630,136634,136642,136643,136645,136648,136649	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0	0	3	136579,136608,136649	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	26	0	3	136594,136599,136629	2562
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	26	0	3	136628,136629,136630	303
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	26	0	4	136617,136621,136628,136629	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	26	0	2	136629,136649	1655
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0	0	1	136617	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.

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."
	MT1984_Tsuji_001	26	25	26-25											32163	El Tigre Mine (Sampson Mine), Rustler Park, California District, Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	El Tigre	Tsuji (1984)		MT1984_Tsuji	age of initiation of Turkey Creek Caldera

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040136	Hilltop Mine (Hand Mine; Kasper Tunnel; Gray Mine; Dunn Shaft; Blacksmith Shaft; Rhem Adit), Rustler Park, California District, Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R040136

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