Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Burrel Group Of Claims (Burrell Claim), Cochise District, Little Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 32280
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32280.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burrel Group Of Claims (Burrell Claim), Cochise District, Little Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°1'39"N
Longitude: 110°4'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.0275,-110.06694444444
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: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteNonePyriteRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Galena  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS40005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)00027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS200027198
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)200067
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS00024243
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS200039462
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)0004894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS00021482


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.


1 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."

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