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Locality Name:
Reef Mine (Tungsten Reef Mine; Exposed Reef Mine; Sitric Mine; Reef Group Of Claims), Carr Canyon, Hartford District (Huachuca Mountains District), Huachuca Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 32763
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32763.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Reef Mine (Tungsten Reef Mine; Exposed Reef Mine; Sitric Mine; Reef Group Of Claims), Carr Canyon, Hartford District (Huachuca Mountains District), Huachuca Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°25'37"N
Longitude: 110°17'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.426944444444,-110.28777777778
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Br C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mn O P Pb S Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Br C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mn O P Pb S Si Te W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDugganiteFluoriteLinariteMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRaspiteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteWurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Burckhardtite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dugganite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Khinite  (*)Kuksite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mcalpineite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Otavite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Raspite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S48.846.802793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)48.846.802734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)648.846.80919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)248.846.805509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)48.846.8011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)648.846.801633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr48.846.80227
Burckhardtite  (*)NonePb2(Fe3+Te6+)(AlSi3O8)O648.846.804
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)48.846.804979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS248.846.8027198
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)648.846.80151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS48.846.804165
Dugganite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3(TeO6)(AsO4)248.846.8018
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF248.846.809617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS48.846.8024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)48.846.807437
Gold  (*)CopperAu48.846.8030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O348.846.8014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O48.846.801689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te48.846.80804
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)48.846.80469
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI48.846.80180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)648.846.802228
Khinite  (*)NoneCu2+3PbTe6+O6(OH)248.846.8014
Kuksite  (*)DugganitePb3Zn3TeO6(PO4)248.846.806
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)248.846.80987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)248.846.8012537
Mcalpineite  (*)NoneCu3Te6+O648.846.8012
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)248.846.8017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O48.846.802994
Otavite  (*)CalciteCd(CO3)48.846.8025
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl48.846.8071
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)648.846.80170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS248.846.8039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl48.846.801725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO248.846.8061156
Raspite  (*)RaspitePb(WO4)48.846.8026
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)248.846.80454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)48.846.804894
Silver  (*)CopperAg48.846.805186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)48.846.802473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS48.846.8021482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)48.846.80156


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.


2 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."
Giersdorf_0000037548.846.847.8±1.0K-Ar  UAKA-75-115    32763Reef Mine (Tungsten Reef Mine; Exposed Reef Mine; Sitric Mine; Reef Group Of Claims), Carr Canyon, Hartford District (Huachuca Mountains District), Huachuca Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAReef MineShafiqullah et al. (1980) AGSD12_201 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
X060016Reef Mine (Tungsten Reef Mine; Exposed Reef Mine; Sitric Mine; Reef Group Of Claims), Carr Canyon, Hartford District (Huachuca Mountains District), Huachuca Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/X060016
R130615Reef Mine (Tungsten Reef Mine; Exposed Reef Mine; Sitric Mine; Reef Group Of Claims), Carr Canyon, Hartford District (Huachuca Mountains District), Huachuca Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USAhttps://rruff.info/R130615

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