Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Burrito De Fierro Mine (Ligier Mine; Perevill & Danvers Mine), Middle Pass District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 32717
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32717.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burrito De Fierro Mine (Ligier Mine; Perevill & Danvers Mine), Middle Pass District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°56'39"N
Longitude: 110°3'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.944166666667,-110.05805555556

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Spinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562

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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