Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Festerling Mine (Elsicor Mine; Cora Mine), Black Diamond Peak, Middle Pass District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 32795
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32795.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Festerling Mine (Elsicor Mine; Cora Mine), Black Diamond Peak, Middle Pass District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°51'37"N
Longitude: 109°56'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.860277777778,-109.94555555556

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	Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Allophane ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Gypsum Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	470
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

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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